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animal was standing a good deal below me, this must 

 have been the case. 



It was a wonderfully lucky shot ; as, if the deer 

 had bounded a few yards away wounded, the bushes 

 in this part were so dense that it would have been 

 rather hard to find the game. This antelope turned 

 out to be a bush-buck, called in Abyssinia Doucoula. 



The Greek and I then went to the top of the hill, 

 having cut up and skinned the deer and sent a boy 

 home with it ; it was a heavy load for him. My com- 

 panion showed me a little bird, the honey-bird, that 

 kept flying backwards and forwards in front of us, 

 seemingly to lead us on. Aristides explained to me 

 that this little bird not only leads on sportsmen to 

 the nest of the wild bee, but also to the lairs of wild 

 animals. Shortly afterwards the Greek stopped, and I 

 noticed he had seen something ; they were the koodoo 

 we had been tracking up, though I did not see them 

 myself. 



When we got to the top of the hill the view was 

 lovely. The valley of Sabargouma lay in the distance, 

 and beyond it the low hills between us and the sea- 

 coast. We then returned to camp, and on the way 

 back I took a shot at a pig with my little i6-bore gun. 

 We had a haunch of the venison for dinner ; it was 

 very good, but without fat. 



The rain poured down the best part of the night ; 



