36 THROUGH UNKNOWN AFRICAN COUNTRIES. 
rushed into my tent to say the camel had been killed. I 
was off to the spot as soon as I had had some breakfast ; 
and as the camel had not long been dead, I sent back to 
the camp for some of the camel-men to come and drive the 
beast out of the bushes to me. The drive only took a few 
minutes. I stationed myself in a clearing, sent a boy back 
to show the beaters which way to come, and then waited ; 
a twig cracked in front of me, then all was still. Shortly 
afterwards there was a yell from the men, as they caught a 
glimpse of the yellow skin of the lion amongst the bushes, 
and the next second he stood before me not thirty yards 
off. He saw me at once, and turned to charge back 
through the men, but a lucky shot through the neck ended 
his days. 
““Vhe real-danger of the performance then began: the 
men were as pleased as I was at the result, and, placing 
me by the lion, danced round us, waving their rifles in all 
directions; and as these were still at full cock, I began 
to wonder what a bullet at close quarters would feel like. 
Fortunately, however, there were no mishaps, and a present 
of some sheep made the camp the cheeriest place in the 
world.” 
There was nothing to do now but to march the cara- 
van south along the Tug Turfa to its junction with the 
Shebeli River, and then endeavor to cross that stream. 
The tug made many twists and curves, but our direction 
was, in the main, south. We found many ammonites and 
pieces of fossil coral along the bed of the stream. The 
mountains were principally of the coarsest granite. 
I will give Gillett’s description of a leopard drive we 
enjoyed on this tug:— 
“We had been marching all the afternoon down the dry 
bed of the tug, and I was some distance ahead of the cara- 
van, when on the opposite bank I saw a leopard listening 
