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scrubs at the foot of the hill, and there were a great many 

 Little Bustards, Francolins, Guinea-fowl, and hares in it, while 

 the Kori Bustard was plentiful on the edge of the Bund. 

 Our next halt was in a most desolate, barren place, without a 

 blade of grass, about five miles north-west of Jifa Uri. We 

 camped about a mile from a village, the inhabitants of which 

 made the night hideous with shouting and singing to keep 

 off lions. We could also hear shouting in more distant 

 villages, so we reckoned we were in a good spot for lions ; 

 and this p^ved to be true, for we had a successful hunt after 

 them on Jifa Medir, a conglomeration of granite boulders, 

 on the top of which a huge rock, about eighty feet high, 

 stands up perpendicularly. The hill rises to some 500 feet 

 and is about a mile long. It is covered with scrub, and full 

 of caves formed by the tumbled-down rocks. 



The next day (Dec. 20th) we moved our camp south of 

 Jifa Medir, and near the edge of the Bund. The watering- 

 place called Jirri was only eleven miles off, and there was 

 plenty of feed for our camels and ponies round the camp, 

 while the Bund swarmed with game. There was a splendid 

 view from a small hill close to the camp to the southward. 

 Looking across the Bund were the four conical Subul hills 

 and the more massive Makanis, and far away beyond were 

 the dark Harrar mountains. In the north was the bold Jifa 

 Medir, and beyond it the Gadabursi hills, while far to the 

 south-east rose the dark line of the Haud plateau. We 

 spent many evenings watching the game on the Bund from 

 this small hill, which, judging by the terraces which had 

 been built up on the side of it, had at one time been 

 cultivated. We noticed similar terraces on Jifa Medir, and 

 there was also an old road leading to the shoulder of the 

 hill. We also saw large holes which had been mined out of 

 the rock to hold water, and there were extensive circles of 

 stones near the foot of Jifa Medir. I asked the Gadabursi 

 people whether they knew anything about these relics ; but 

 the only answer that I could get was that they belonged to the 

 people that used to live in the country before the Somalis 

 came. 



