CHAPTER III 



Across the Golis Range — Adadleli — Chita — Speke's gazelle — Bull oryx 

 wounded and lost — -Description of oryx heisa — A jungle interlude — 

 " Bounders " among beasts — The spotted hysena : his character and 

 habits — Description of geremdc — Tuj^o Plain — " Somajesti.''' 



Having attained the main object of our stay at 

 Mandera, we pushed on towards the Haud, crossing 

 the Gohs Range by the Jerato Pass, a fairly stiff 

 climb for the camels. The fresh tracks of a pair of 

 greater kudu bulls from the Reserve crossed our path, 

 but we had no time to give to them, especially as the 

 single specimen, which was all my license permitted, 

 had been already bagged. 



At midday we halted at Adadleh, where deep wells 

 provide a permanent watering-place. Further on we 

 could expect to find no water at this time of year, 

 so hired six extra camels and laid in a supply of as 

 much water as we could carry. There were three 

 Habr Yunis karias there at the time with herds of two 

 or three thousand camels. I also met there Elmi's 

 brother, Kaalila Hirsi, in his day a famous shikari, but 

 now an ahil (head man) of his tribe (Habr Awal Makahil) 

 and one of the finest looking Somalis I have seen. 



That afternoon's march was through a country 

 devoid of game — the nearest approach to such being 

 some courier-plover, of which I shot a couple for the 

 pot. But just before sunset, in open bush country, 



