The house at Juja Farm. 
From a photograph by J. Alden Loring. 
potami that lived close by in the river came the dew-drenched grass. On every side 
out at night into the garden. A couple of game stood to watch us, herds of harte- 
years before a rhino had come down into beests and zebras, and now and then a 
the same garden in broad daylight, and herd of wildebeests or a few straggling old 
quite wantonly attacked one of the Kikuyu wildebeest bulls. Sometimes the zebras 
laborers, tossing him and breaking his thigh, and kongoni were very shy, and took fright 
It had then passed by the house out to the when we were yet a long way off; at other 
plain, where it saw an ox cart, which it im- times they would stand motionless and per- 
mediately attacked and broke, cannoning mit us to come within fair gunshot, and 
off after its charge and passing up through after we had passed we could still see them 
the span of oxen, breaking all the yokes but regarding us without their having moved, 
fortunately not killing an animal. Then it The wildebeests were warier; usually when 
met one of the men of the house on horse- we were still a quarter of a mile or so dis- 
back, immediately assailed him, and was tant, the herd, which had been standing 
killed for its pains. with heads up, their short, shaggy necks 
My host was about to go on safari for a * and heavy withers giving the animals an 
couple of months with Selous, and to man- unmistakable look, would take fright, and, 
age their safari they had one of the most with heavy curvets, and occasional running 
noted professional hunters of East Africa, in semicircles, would make off, heads held 
Mr. H. Judd; and Judd was kind enough down and long tails lashing the air. 
to take me out hunting almost every day In the open woods which marked the bor- 
that we were at Juja. We would breakfast der between the barren plains and the for- 
at dawn and leave the farm about the time ested valley of the Athi, Kermit and I shot 
that it grew light enough to see: ordinarily water-buck and impalla. The water-buck 
our course was eastward, toward the Athi, is a stately antelope with long, coarse gray 
a few miles distant. These morning rides hair and fine carriage of the head and neck; 
were very beautiful. In our front was the the male alone carries horns. We found 
mountain mass of Donyo Sabuk, and the them usually in parties of ten or a dozen, 
sun rose behind it, flooding the heavens both of bulls and cows; but sometimes a 
with gold and crimson. The morning air party of cows would go alone, or three or 
blew fresh in our faces, and the unshod feet four bulls might be found together. In spite 
of our horses made no sound as they trod of its name, we did not find it much given 
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