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of donkeys on the Kerio, but within a single year almost every 
one of these died of fly bite, although scarcely a single head 
of cattle became infected. Since that time it has become 
impossible to keep donkeys on the Upper Kerio, but cattle, 
sheep, and goats do very well indeed. 
GAME ON THE COAST AND ITS DEPREDATIONS 
By J. E. Jones 
This article is necessarily incomplete, for it deals only with 
game found north of Mombasa as far as Jubaland. Satis- 
factory data, even within this restricted area, are very difficult 
to obtain, for no regular shooting parties ever visit our coasts, 
and such particulars as are given have been gleaned from 
information supplied by the kindness of friends. Rtf; 
In certain districts game abounds, but as there is very 
little open country shooting is exceedingly difficult. That, 
together with that bogy of the coast — the climate — probably 
explains the non-appearance of sportsmen. Forests are con- 
spicuous by their absence, and in their place we have dense 
scrub, often impenetrable except along game tracks. Such 
country cannot appeal to the sportsman who comes out with a 
limited amount of time at his disposal to make a bag. 
The chief species to be found are : — 
(1) Elephant. 
(2) Hippopotamus. 
(3) Lion. 
(4) Leopard. 
(5) Cheetah. 
(6) Serval Cat. 
(7) Gennet. 
(8) Buffalo. 
(9) Waterbuck. 
(10) Bushbuck. 
(11) Reedbuck. 
(12) Oribi, Haggard’s. 
(13) Paa (Dikdik). 
(14) Common and Harvey’s 
Duiker. 
(15) Topi Hartebeest. 
(16) Gerenuk or Waller’s 
Gazelle. 
(17) Hunter’s Antelope (local, 
only found near the 
Tana about forty miles 
inland). 
(18) Zebra. 
