From a photograph by Kermit Roosevelt. 
their sanctuary, and they knew it. Some 
of the settlers have at times grumbled at 
this game reserve being kept of such size; 
but surely it is one of the most valuable 
possessions the country could have. The 
lack of water in parts, the prevalence in 
other parts of diseases harmful to both civ¬ 
ilized man and domestic cattle, render this 
great tract of country the home of all homes 
for the wild creatures of the waste. The 
protection given these wild creatures is 
genuine, not nominal; they are preserved, 
not for the pleasure of the few, but for the 
good of all who choose to see this strange 
and attractive spectacle; and from this 
nursery and breeding-ground the overflow 
keeps up the stock of game in the adjacent 
land, to the benefit of the settler to whom 
the game gives fresh meat, and to the 
benefit of the whole country because of 
the attraction it furnishes to all who desire 
to visit a veritable happy hunting ground. 
Soon after lunch we drew up at the little 
station of Kapiti Plains, where our safari 
was awaiting us; “safari” being the term 
employed throughout East Africa to denote 
both the caravan with which one makes an 
expedition and the expedition itself. Our 
aim being to cure and send home specimens 
of all the common big game—in addition to 
as large a series as possible of the small mam¬ 
mals and birds—it was necessary to carry 
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