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out on the plain made out what I thought was an animal, 

 but it stood so still that both I and Ali concluded we 

 must be mistaken, when at last it moved. We hastened 

 on over the sun-cracked plain, dotted with thorn-trees 

 and patches of long grass, but when we reached the 

 place found that the creature had moved on. We took 



Side View of Oribi Skulls. 



Dungolcr. near Meteninieh. 



up its tracks, and soon after I saw a lot of animals in 

 some thicker scrub to our left, and with the glasses de- 

 termined that they were tora hartebeest. Unfortunately, 

 the men leadinof the mules, instead of lollowinsf us, made 

 a short cut and disturbed the game. Leaving the rest 

 of the men, Ali and I started after the herd and had nearly 

 got within shot, when suddenly they all bolted. Then 

 we heard a pack of dogs barking, and, directly after, saw 



