NATIVE WELLS 



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halted by some trees at Duddarp. I had a long mid- 

 day tramp following a gazelle which, after wounding 

 with a longish shot, I eventually reached. Fortunately 

 the day was cloudy, and nothing like as trying as the 



previous one. 



Next morninof, 



a stil 



earlier start, and a seven 



Skulls of Male and Female Dik-Dik. 



and a half hours' journey through grass and thorn 

 bush, brought us to Hensa. I saw a few dik-dik 

 {Aladoqita saltiana) and bagged one on the way. In 

 the wide, sandy river-bed here there were some circular 

 funnel-shaped water-pits. The native method of raising- 

 water from these is for one man to stand at the bottom 



