100 MY SOMALI BOOK 



The following morning I got a gerenuh and an aoul, 

 each with a single shot at 200 to 220 yards. In the 

 afternoon we moved again eastwards, having heard of 

 good water two marches distant. On the way I tried 

 the Sherwood on an aoul doe with good horns (I 

 wanted one doe's head). My shot was a little low, 

 breaking a fore-leg : on following her up, a wretched 

 Midgan dog appeared and gave chase, driving her into 

 some thick cover, where after a long search we failed 

 to find her. It was most annoying ; I hate leaving a 

 w^ouncled animal, and wished I had shot that wretched 

 dog on sight. 



Next day we reached Kotunwein, our new camping- 

 ground, rather a charming spot, a clump of trees 

 shading several pools on the edge of an open plain two 

 or three miles across. Crossing the plain I missed an 

 aoul and a greater bustard, the wind being too much 

 for me. The big bustard was a fine bird with a stately 

 walk, but he saw that I kept my distance, evidently 

 fully aware that under the Game Regulations he was 

 no longer one of the Protected Tribes as he had been 

 in 1907. Then, on the Tuyo Plain, he had allowed me 

 to approach within thirty or forty yards, now it was 

 over one hundred ! 



On the march, one of the men found a baby aoul 

 only a few hours old under a bush and brought it 

 along. It was a bonny wee thing, all legs and eyes and 

 not a bit afraid, but already full of curiosity. One of 

 the goats was told off as wet nurse and the mite took 

 quite kindly to the new foster mother, who was bored, 

 and showed it, but made no active objection. 



On arrival at Kotunwein, we found an Aidagalla 



