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MY SOMALI BOOK 



On my present trip I might hope to meet with any 

 of the above game except elephant, rhino, hartebeest 

 and haira. Further inland, in the Southern Ogaden, 

 are to be found the Somali giraffe and Grevy's zebra, 

 and on the banks of the Webi Shabeleh the Somali 

 bushbuck and waterbuck and the hippopotamus : all 

 in Abyssinian territory and considerably beyond our 

 border or the reach of a short expedition. 



These introductory remarks have given the caravan 

 a good start on its first day's journey. It is time to 

 follow. 



