ELEPHANT-HUNTING IN EAST AFRICA 



CHAPTER III 



CAMPING AT MOUNT KENIA 



good rhino horn — A fresh campaign — Advantage of head shot — Exciting 

 encounter — Attacked by bees — A red-letter day — Eleven elephants killed — The 

 Kenia jungle — Wealth of butterflies — A crater lake — Hippos — Return to Mthara 

 — Start for the Gwaso Nyiro River — Signs of elephants — A hunter's disappoint- 

 ment — Sufferings from thirst — Encounter with lions — Rhinos — Filial affection 

 — Despatch of ivory — Return to Laiju — A hazardous undertaking — Hostile 

 natives ........... Pages 53-78 



CHAPTER IV 

 THE NDOROBO COUNTRY 



Set out for Ndorobo country — Savage life — Camp at El Bogoi — Head waters of 

 Mackenzie River — A tribal raid — A disagreeable camp — Fishing for mineral — 

 Limestone springs — Bag two elands — Nearing Lorogi Mountains — Glimpse of 

 elephants — A thunderstorm — A handsome zebra — Start for Mount Nyiro — A 

 roundabout course — A fruitless journey — Return to El Bogoi . . 79-93 



CHAPTER V 



NDOROBO ELEPHANT-HUNTING 



Ndorobo elephant-hunter — His weapons — Mode of hunting — My next success — The 

 spell broken — An early start — A simple repast — Tracking elephants — The hunt 

 — A promise fulfilled — Cross the vSeya River — A fall-trap — A gigantic beast — 

 My attendants — Food of elephants — Their appearance at close quarters — An 

 infuriated bull — Incredulous guides — A novel charm — Return to coast — The 

 Gwaso Nyiro River — Welcome at Laiju ...... 94-119 



CHAPTER VI 



RETURN TO MOMBASA* 



My new Lee-Metford — Advantage of solid bullet — Observations on rhinos — A white 

 companion — Bag a " Roi rhebok " — A punitive expedition — A land of plenty 

 — Our Christmas camp — Tribes round Mount Kenia — A playful escapade' — 

 Stung by hornets — A tribe on the war-path — A solitary wanderer — Sport and 

 science — Return to Mombasa — A pleasant change — ^Organise a new caravan — 

 An earthquake shock ......... 120-137 



