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Standing sentinel on a rock below, some 225 yards off. 

 A steady rest on a boulder and the telescopic sight proved 

 fatal ; he fell in a heap, shot through the heart. After 

 photographing, measuring, and weighing him (he pulled 

 the scale down to 18 lbs. when clean), we picked up my 

 pony and started after the caravan. About the plain were 

 scattered endless flocks of goats and sheep, for rain had 

 recently fallen there, and the natives had driven their 

 beasts in from all sides to feed on the green grass. It 

 was curious to see how, wherever there was a fairly 

 big stretch of unoccupied ground, there would be a 

 herd of aul grazing, but keeping a watchful eye on the 

 herdsmen. Further on, as we entered thin bush, we 

 saw little family parties of gerenuk feeding on the 

 young shoots. Very funny they look, as they stand 

 upright on their hind-legs, with their fore-legs stretched 

 above them to bring some tender sprig within reach. 

 On the slightest noise they will drop niotionless behind 

 the bush, with their long necks stretched out to discover 

 the cause. If they think it means danger, off they go 

 at a long swinging trot, their long necks held low in a 

 line with their backs, then again pull up with just the 

 head showing in the thin part of a bush, to see if they 

 are followed or not. The jungle gradually became 

 thicker, till we reached the marshy bank of a fair-sized 

 stretch of water called Lake Ordah. On the way I 

 shot a fine aul with very thick horns, iq^- inches in 

 length, and also a gerenuk. After skirting the lake 

 some way, we formed camp on the slope of a little hill 

 abutting on its shores. 



After tea a party went out duck - shooting, and 



