The first collecting of mammals was begun in the end of December 1910, I turned 

 then my attention chiefly to the fauna of the small forests around Nairobi. 

 The acting Governor His Excellency F. J. Jackson, whose name is so honourably 

 connected with the scientific exploration of East Africa, kindly granted me, among 

 other favours, a personal complimentary license to shoot a certain number of game 

 animals for which great kindness I wish to publicly express my dfeepfelt gratitude. 

 I keep also in grateful and pleasant remembrance several other gentlemen, among 

 whom, although the others are not forgotten, I especially wish to mention the Pro- 

 vincial Commissioner Mr. C. W. Hobley, and the Game Warden Mr. R. B. Woos- 

 NAM, who kindly favoured me with good advice and assistance. The V*'^ of January 

 I went to Escarpment station and did some collecting there, chiefly in the forests, 

 for six days. In the meantime our caravan, or safari as is the East African expres- 

 sion, had been fitted out under the supervision of Mr. R. J. Cunninghame, and Mr. 

 A. Sjogren, who joined the expedition to shoot game for his own interests, had 

 arrived. We started on our way north the 17*'^ of Jan. 1911 and arrived the follow- 

 ing day at Juja farm. In this domain the typical East African steppefauna is 

 beautifully preserved as in a private game reserve, and the owner Mr. W. N. Mc 

 MiLLAN kindly presented a Whitebearded Gnu to the scientific collections. From this 

 place we continued our way ^Vi partly over steppe, and partly through rather den- 

 sely populated districts via Blue Post, Punda Melia, Fort Hall, Kagio and Kutu to 

 Embu boma. A little trapping was done at every camping place. From Embu we 

 turned towards Mount Kenia and marched for three days through the lower forest 

 region to the Meru country. Only a few mammals were obtained in the forest. We 

 arrived at a native village Kanyakeni the 29*1^ of Jan. and reached Meru boma the 

 following day, where we stayed a couple of days. Several small mammals were 

 obtained there by trapping, and some were also received from the natives as the 

 district commissioner Mr. Horne kindly had told them that we wanted to buy such. 

 This was almost the only place where the native population was useful in this respect. 

 Some mammals were also shot in the forests near Meru. Meru boma is, according 

 to barometric observation, situated at an altitude of 1775 m. above the sea. 



