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3. The number of scales in a line running from the com- 
mencement of the dorsal fin or the middle of the 
back to the lateral line down to the vent or ventral 
fin or the middle of the abdomen. 
For instance, the following formula would represent the 
scales between the head and caudal fin : L. Lat. 40 ; whilst 
the formula L. Transu -| would represent those eight longi- 
tudinal series of scales above the lateral line and five below 
those same. 
I hope to be able in my next article to give a few hints 
with regard to tackle, bait, native methods of dressing line, &c. 
GAME AND WAR 
By C. W. Woodhouse 
This article only proposes to deal roughly with observations 
made in peace time and those noticed during the first year 
of the war in British East Africa, with regard to the various 
game animals normally present on the scene of the present 
hostilities in the Mombasa military area, i.e. from the Kitirua 
and Engumi waterholes, i.e. Lake Njiri (Ologinya) District, 
Southern Masai Reserve, to Mount Rukinga near Kasigau. 
The Taru desert is apparently unaffected. On making 
a brief survey of the terrain, the country is found to consist 
of several well-marked types which may be classified as : 
1. The open grass lands, i.e. the Masai country from 
Lake Njiri to the Rombo river and from the Anglo- German 
border to the lava beds at the foot of the Chyulu Hills. Very 
similar country, though with rather more bush, is to be found 
from Campi Ya Bibi, five miles west of Maktau, to near the 
Lanjoro drift. 
By the definition ‘ open grass lands ’ it must not be taken 
to mean absolutely bare rolling plains like the Nairobi, Athi, 
and Kapiti plains, but, with the exception of the Kuku plain, 
open grass land must be regarded as parklike country capable 
