i6 A SPORTING TRIP THROUGH ABYSSINIA chap. 



I heard that W. had wounded a good lesser kudu bull, 

 which, after being hit, had run towards H., who then 

 fired and hit ; W. again cut in, and this time dropped 

 his quarry. H. at first thought there were two beasts, 

 but eventually it was proved that there was only one, 

 and as W. had hit first, it was of course his head. 



Later in the morning a man herding the camels came 

 and reported that he had seen a kudu close by. With- 

 out delay I started in pursuit, and followed the tracks of 

 a bull and two cows, but no sooner caught a glimpse 

 of them than they dashed off. I followed, the shikari 

 tracking just in front of me with the rifle over his 

 shoulder, but towards me. Presently I saw the bull 

 broadside on at 60 yards, and stretched out my hand 

 to seize the rifle, but, as I did so, Ali turned to see 

 what I wanted, and, jerking the rifle away, lost me the 

 shot. Shortly after I came on gerenuk, and dropped 

 a male standing behind a bush at 150 yards, and 

 wounded a female at 250 yards, which after a short 

 chase we recovered. 



We had decided to remain a couple of days at 

 Arroweina, as the camels were much exhausted and 

 needed a rest ; so next morning we all struck off in 

 different directions to look for game. I climbed the 

 cliff 1500 feet high, just opposite camp, by the dry bed of 

 a torrent, where the natives said greater kudu were to 

 be found, and, after a time, we struck some old tracks. 

 These were succeeded by fresh ones, but unfortunately 

 they were only those of cows and calves. Near the 

 summit I spotted, through the glasses, a couple of beasts 

 which I could not identify. Ali said they were beira, 



