CONTENTS xiii 



PAGS 



A wily jackal — A good dibatag — Chitas : no luck — North again — 

 A leopard's escape — The bateleur eagle — Gerenuk : two bad shots and 

 a good one — Back at Kotunwein — An exasperating incident : 

 souwjesti the aard-woK — Somali animal nomenclature — Bustard 

 and secretary bird— Characteristics of the aard-woLE — Kluirimli 

 killed by lion — Tuyo Plaiii : an exceptional aoul head — A stormy 

 sunset 123 



CHAPTER XI 



A westward move — Jeiuiie — Death of a marauder — Oryx on the Sella 

 Plain — A drowned camp — Aior — ^Lesser kudu bull : an opportunity 

 missed — Lioness with cubs : Abdilleh's lucky shot : aU's well that 

 ends well — Iddu Khan : out of the eater came forth meat — Uses 

 of a dead Uon — Baby caracal — Camel lolled by big lion : a fruitless 

 vigil ; the lion's roar — The lesser kudu bull again : elusive as usual 

 — Capture of one of the lion cubs — An exciting night — Tracking 

 the enemy — A pretty shot and another lioness — Colour of Somali 

 lions — Genet — My Abyssinian permit : too late — Sonny and his 

 foster-mother — Tracks of a big lion : lose them — A good aoul — A 

 long day on the Aror ban — My best oryx : sad loss of a hom — 

 S Wayne's hartebeest — Another good oryx — A second hartebeest — 

 Jackals at dinner — The aoul as an animal of the plains : Mr. 

 Elliott's opinion — Speed of the aoul ...... 137 



CHAPTER XII 



Northward to Ogo-CTuban — Ostriches : a stratagem from Shakespeare 

 — Birds out of place — C4rey jackal — Dik-dik — The cattle couutiy 

 — '■ Spur-fowl " — CTcbili — Absence of game — A big tortoise — Ticks 

 — Sonny and the other babies — Balls of fluff — Khobar of two big 

 lions : on their tracks : not this time — Thinking for himseLf— Asa 

 hills: " conies "—Tracks of elephants — BarkaHagar — Loss of lynx 

 kitten — A night to be remembered : an audacious visitor : lioness or 

 leopard ? — No. 2 : a beautiful leopard — An omhious sound : warabas 

 waiting for the end — DayUght : No. 1 : all that was left of a big 

 leopard — The day's resources : The sound of the trumpet — Marodi 

 — An audience of Royalty : elephants at close quarters — Greater 

 kudu — A would-be robber . . . . . . . .158 



CHAPTE^ XIII 



Death of Jennie — Daga Hayer — A grand lesser kudu and another lost 

 opportunity — My last oryx — A too early duck — Hed Godir — KHp- 

 springer — Perfect ugliness : a wart-hog — Otocyon hunting in a 



