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more than two unless as food for the porters. The 
same is true of many other species, and a temperate 
sportsman should have no desire to kill more than 
a couple of each species, say sixty or eighty head in 
all, unless, of course, he is making collections for 
museums or for other scientific purposes. 
The gunbearers are usually fairly good skinners 
and if carefully watched and directed can treat the 
heads and skins so that they may be safely got 
in to Nairobi. Here they should be overhauled care¬ 
fully and packed in brine for shipment out of the 
country. The agents in Nairobi should be con¬ 
sulted about these details and will give competent 
instructions covering this phase of the work. 
GAME LAWS 
These are of necessity under frequent revision, 
but the latest available information allows the 
holder of a fifty-pound license, which lasts for one 
year from date of issue, to kill or capture the fol¬ 
lowing : 
Buffalo (Bull), 2; ^Rhinoceros, 2; *Hippopot- 
amus, 2; *Eland, 1; Zebra (Grevey’s), 2; Zebra, 
(Common), 20; Oryx callotis, 2; Oryx beisa, 4; 
Waterbuck (of each species), 2; Sable antelope 
(male), 1; *Roan antelope (male), 1; ^Greater 
Kudu (male), 1; Lesser Kudu, 4; Topi, 2; Topi 
(in Jubaland, Tanaland and Loita Plains), 8; 
Coke’s Hartebeest, 20; ^Neumann’s Hartebeest, 2; 
*Can not be killed in certain districts. 
