I50 • SPORT IN ABYSSINIA. 



riding a large white horse, pointed me out a herd of 

 giraffes about half a mile off. I attempted to stalk 

 them, but did not succeed in getting near them. They 

 went off at a slight ambling pace, and when once they 

 had crossed the little hill, on the near side of which 

 they were feeding, I could not see them again. Fisk 

 had come with me, and we were both very anxious to 

 kill something. I shot at some sort of deer, but 

 missed, and on my way back saw a gazelle, at which 

 I did not fire. 



When I came back to the road, completely parched 

 with thirst, as it was very hot, I found that all our 

 donkeys had stopped : this was very vexing, as my 

 great object was to get on now as quickly as possible. 

 Brou said the donkeys were very heavily loaded, that 

 the day was hot, and that there was no prospect 

 of getting water between where we were and the 

 Tackazzee. This was simply untrue ; for when I found 

 Barrakee and talked to him upon the subject, it turned 

 out that there was water farther on ; so I immediately 

 made them reload the donkeys and push on. Barrakee 

 fixed our camp by the edge of a dry riv^er-bed, in 

 which there was left a large pool of water, and there 

 were tracks of elephants having drunk here some 

 time previously. We cleared the high grass from 

 the jungle and pitched our tents, after which H. 

 went out shooting, but did not get anything. When 



