Elephant-hunting in east equatorial Africa; Elephant-hunting in east equatorial Africa; being an account of three years' ivory-hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo savages of the Lorogi Mountains, including a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph elephanthuntingi00neum Year: 1898 THE NDOROBO COUNTRY 8i chiefly oryx and Grant's gazelle, with zebra of both species, and a few rhinos where a sufficient supply of water is within reach, and here and there giraffe, while in suitable localities a sprinkling of waterbuck, impala and Waller's gazelle are to be found, and occasionally ostrich
Elephant-hunting in east equatorial Africa; Elephant-hunting in east equatorial Africa; being an account of three years' ivory-hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo savages of the Lorogi Mountains, including a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph elephanthuntingi00neum Year: 1898 THE NDOROBO COUNTRY 8i chiefly oryx and Grant's gazelle, with zebra of both species, and a few rhinos where a sufficient supply of water is within reach, and here and there giraffe, while in suitable localities a sprinkling of waterbuck, impala and Waller's gazelle are to be found, and occasionally ostriches. I shot one of the last, a cock Scene on Gwaso Nyiro with Waller's Gazelle {Lit/wcrariius 'walleri) 6 AND 9 IN CHARACTERISTIC ATTITUDES. in pretty good plumage, and was always able to kill sufficient game to provide meat for myself and men. During the first two days twelve streams were crossed, all coming out of the Jambeni Range. These are the head waters of the branch of the Tana River called by Chanler and Von Hohnel the Mackenzie. I should add, with regard to the range so called on Von Hohnel's map, that the natives really apply that name onl)' to the highest peak, and do not use it (nor any general title) to describe the whole range. On the third day we were fortunate enough to get water in a hole in the rocky bottom of a gully (which is often G
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