£8 A SPORTING TRIP THROUGH ABYSSINIA chap. 



after a look round, lie down under a tree and send two 

 of his men along to search for game. Though they 

 passed just opposite to us, these men never discovered 

 my party. A little later, one of my men reported a couple 

 of beira close by ; after a short stalk I found the male 

 lying down, and dropped him as he stood up to look at 

 us. His horns measured 4I inches, being better than in 



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Side-view of Male Beira Skull. 



the one I had previously bagged. As we started towards 

 camp, we saw at a distance three greater kudu, but on 

 getting closer they all proved to be cows, so we con- 

 tinued our way down over very rough ground. 



At the foot of the hill I came upon a herd of gazelle, 

 and shot what Ali pointed out as the buck, but which 

 proved to be a long-horned doe. On reaching camp 

 I found that H. had a 42-inch greater kudu, W. a fine 

 lesser kudu and a gerenuk, and B. a beira and a 

 gerenuk, so that we all had a good day, though H. 

 was rather put out at not getting any beira. 



