Big Game Shooting 



They seem to care very little for water, as they 

 frequent very barren country indeed, country that 

 in the dry weather is burnt up, and with no 

 water within miles. I have never come across 

 them drinking in Somaliland, where they abound 

 near Hargeisa, or for the matter of that in East 

 Africa ; in fact, they should be hunted for in any 

 suitable barren, desert, dry parts, and then only 

 in certain districts which are known to be in- 

 habited by them. 



When running they do not often gallop or 

 bound in the usual gait of the antelope, but they 

 run carrying their heads low down in a straight 

 line with their backs, as if to afford them greater 

 cover from view. This is very much more notice- 

 able in Somaliland than in East Africa. 



From experience, I think they are very much 

 harder to get at here, unless the sportsman can 

 spot them before he is himself seen. They are 

 found in herds of one buck to usually two 

 females. A single buck is as a rule a good 

 head. 



It is not at all improbable that if either 

 gerenuk or lesser kudu are seen in a certain 

 place, the other will be found there, or' there- 

 abouts, as well. This applies to Somaliland 

 equally with East Africa. 



Some say their meat is hard and coarse, but 

 I think it will be found to " go down " all right. 



In East Africa they are found in certain 



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