A WARNING 



abruptly changing to yellow on the neck. This 

 colouring in life is very striking and beautiful, but in 

 the dry skin it fades into a uniform dull yellow, and 

 gives no idea of the gradation of the rich red of the 

 upper portion into the clear lemon yellow of the lower 

 parts of the neck. The harsh chattering cry of the 

 francolin is most characteristic, and cannot be mis- 

 taken, and it soon becomes one of the most familiar 

 sounds to the traveller in Jubaland. Of other birds 

 I obtained specimens of ducks, teal, pigeons, doves, 

 spurfowl, egret, marabou, hornbill [Lopkoceros medi- 

 anus\ and many others, too numerous to mention 

 here. 



In conclusion, let me add one word of warning. 

 Jubaland is no country for the sportsman who wants 

 comfort with his shooting and measures his success by 

 the number of trophies he secures. For him there 

 are the Highlands of East Africa, where every luxury 

 will be provided for him, and where hundreds of heads 

 can still be got without much more risk or trouble 

 than a walk down Piccadilly would entail. But in 

 Jubaland a knowledge of spoor and tracking is 

 essential to success. Many of the animals are 

 extremely rare, and worth dozens of the common 

 animals found on the plains. Every trophy obtained 

 means hours, probably days, of hard work through the 

 most difficult country, where heat, thirst and fatigue 

 are experienced daily, and fever and dysentery are 

 a continual menace. The sportsman's success will, 

 therefore, be in proportion to his knowledge of bush- 

 craft, his energy and his skill in hunting ; and every 

 trophy, besides being a valuable addition to any col- 

 lection, may be regarded with legitimate pride as a 

 token of difficulties overcome and dangers surmounted. 

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