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A COLONY IN THE MAKING 
CHAP. 
Marsabit, along the German border. In all the bush 
country round Mumone. On the Serengati plains and 
round Taveta. The Shimba Hills. Parts of the 
coast and the Turkanacountry. It maybe confidently 
looked for wherever sansiveria fibre abounds. 
The Impala are beautiful animals which require 
extremely accurate stalking wherever they are at all 
molested. They do very little damage, and most 
settlers would welcome the presence of a herd, but 
somehow they do not seem to go well with civilisation 
and have a habit of disappearing. In places where 
they are little shot at they are occasionally extra¬ 
ordinarily tame, and those who only know them at 
such times look on them as the easiest of victims. 
The bucks often consort in parties of twenty or thirty, 
leaving the does accompanied by one or two bucks 
apart. It is hard to understand what qualities fit 
these latter for their onerous, if delightful, task. The 
bucks that run with the females are usually good, but 
not pre-eminent specimens. One can only guess that 
they are selected by the females for some qualities we 
wot not of. An impala is the best kill to leave out for 
a leopard. The size of horns vary very much in 
different localities. The largest specimens are found 
along the North Guaso Nyero towards the Lorian 
Swamp, where they have been known to run to over 
31 inches. Anything over 27 inches is a good speci¬ 
men. Anything over 29 inches a fine one. Impala 
are found along all decent streams, but must have 
shade during the heat of the day. It is seldom, if 
ever, found more than two miles from water. 
I have included the Wart-hog in the list of sport¬ 
providing animals for the one reason that he can be 
speared. Indeed, he can give most excellent runs, 
