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lation that all game shall be protected
for three miles on either side of the
railroad, and these wild animals had
somehow or other discovered that
when they came near the tracks they
were perfectly safe. At Nakuru, 448
miles from Mombassa, they left the
railroad, in the Great Rift valley.
They were followed by innumera BILE
black porters, who represented three
or four different tribes; and to whom
they paid 10 rupees apiece a month.
Miss Alexander says that though these
natives are somewhat civilized, were
the British influence removed they
would relapse speedily into barbarism.
They are as simple as children, and
their habits of living are still more
primitive. Their chief joy in life is to
stuff themselves to the utmost.
Donkeys, the most available means
of transportation We're quite useless
in the trackless wilderness the hunters
were about to enter. There was no
way to hunt except on foot In that
fashion they all set out on their great
journey of 800 miles, including the
eighty-mile trip to Lake Baringo,
which was their first objective.
1t was the Alexanders' intention to
visit Lake Victoria Nyanza, and after
ward. Lake Albert and the Ruwenzori
mountains. The latter lake was cross
ed to the west of Lake Victoria Nyan-
"a. But first, on foot from the rail-
road, they made the eighty miles to
Lake Baringo, where they found the
best all-round hunting of British East
Africa. They stayed there a month.
1t was here they got the first rhinoc-
eros and the first Gland. They hunted
daily, going out in the mornings At
noon they p5ched tent. This was meas
ure of precaution, for regularly as
noon came. terrific thunderstorm
| broke. This phenomenon was the in
variable case throughout their two
months of adventures in the jungle.
At Lake Baringo they found the
largest antelope in Africa. There was
the impalla, an animal of the antelope
breed With the Gland there was also
the oryx. two varieties of beast that
are extremely rare, even in this para
disc of sport On their way to the lake
they shot Grant gazelle.
A strange sight was encountered at
the lake. The young warriors of a
NASSAU village held a savage dance
Weird was the spectacle, by the gar:sh
light in the forest clearing. Fantas-
braves formed a circle. They leaped
into their places and kept up curl
Gus jumping. 1t was more athletic
and strenuous than artistic and terp-
sichorean. Jingling bells were dashed
to their legs below the knee. Tribes
men clapped their hands and kept up
slow chant while the braves exerted
themselves. They continued at this
furious sport for hours.
At this wonderful stand of Lake
Baringo they brought down the
strange hartebeest, a long-horned ami
NAL, and the zebras whose beautiful
skins now lie on the awing-room
floor of the Alexander home in Oak
land.
Their rhinoceros hunt was the height
of fierce sport He is a dangerous
beast, and does not hesitate a minute
to charge his pursuers. He is render
ed more foolhardy by his bad eyes.
and makes a furious charge, directed
by his wonderfully keen sense of smell.
If wounded, he charges instantly. He
possesses great courage In order to
kill. one must wait till within twenty
yards of the rhinoceros before shoot
ing. Practically, the hunter has just
this one shoot If he does not hit the
in the neck or fore-shoulder,
the only parts where he Is vulnerable,
the savage beast is on him like light
ming. The experiences of the A1exan-
ders was proved, and their rhinoceros
was reduced with their first shot to
sitting for his photograph.
But the porters who had charge of