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EAST AFRICA AND ITS BIG GAME. 
up at this time of the year, we elected to remain where 
we were. 
December 26th. — We struck our camp at 6 a.m. and 
left at 6.30, and as we were now only twelve miles 
from Taveta, I thought I would try for big game on the 
way, so taking Kiboko (Hippopotamus), moved off to 
the right of the bush, intending to march parallel to it. 
I soon saw numerous Kongoni and Granti, but they 
were all too wild to approach without a stalk, so I left 
them alone. Later on I started a small gazelle out of 
some long grass, and as he stopped to have a look at 
me about a hundred yards off, I got a shot, and he fell 
dead in his tracks. It was a small steinbock, about 
half the size of a roe-deer, and rather lighter in colour, 
with smooth straight horns about four inches long. 
Iviboko proceeded to cut a stick on which to carry our 
trophy, and we then continued our march. 
About an hour after leaving camp we struck the cara¬ 
van track which here winds to the north, and crossing 
it, we came upon thick bush intersected by game paths 
made by buffalo, rhinoceros, elephants, and antelopes 
in the rainy season. After wandering about in this 
direction for two hours, I got a view of Lake Jipe, 
which lies about twelve miles S.E. of the forest of 
Taveta, on the east side of, and at the foot of the Pari 
mountains, a high range of hills extending from N.W. 
to S.E. The N.W. slopes of these mountains are 
inhabited by the Ughono people, against whom the 
Wa-teita were about to make a raid when we passed 
through Matate. I am informed that there is plenty 
