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dangerous Bushmen's method of killing these animals Poisoned 

 arrows and dogs Uses made of the skins The hartebeest Several 

 species Fine texture of coats Peculiarity of the skull Vast herds 

 often met with The inquisitiveness of these animals Indifference 

 to thirst The sommering gazelle Very common in Somaliland 

 A herd of one thousand Peculiar characteristic Variety in shape 

 of horns Subject to parasitical maggots Flesh uneatable . . 168 



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The Girnook or Waller gazelle Where found A giraffe-like antelope 

 Extraordinary length of neck Small herds Difficult to approach 

 Advantages of a long neck Halt at Hargesa March continued 

 Arrive at Arabsea Our zareba at night A lion prowling around 

 We hear but cannot see him The lion's call Next morning search 

 Marked down Beating through the grass My first lion A splendid 

 specimen Lions and tigers compared Difference in skulls Game 

 plentiful Two more lions sighted Gallop in pursuit A savage 

 charge Chased for one hundred yards I shoot the lion In pursuit 

 of the other Crouched in a patch of grass A snap-shot My third 

 lion Eaiding Somalis met with A lioness and cubs I shoot the 

 mother Escape of the cubs Man-eating lions common A woman 

 carried off Tracking up the man-eater I fail to locate him Shoot 

 a cock ostrich Bushmen wonderful trackers A hunter killed by a 

 wild elephant Torn limb from limb Too light a rifle Difference 

 between Asiatic and African elephants Latter superior in size A 

 herd of a hundred Most dangerous of African game Tenacity of 

 life extraordinary Skull curiously protected The temple shot 

 preferable Not always successful A male and female wounded 

 Curious results of shots from 8-bore Paradox 175 



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We strike camp Arrive in Elephant Country An attempted mutiny 

 in camp One black sheep in the flock Armed literally to the 

 teeth Alarming situation Drastic measures necessary I threaten 

 to shoot the ring-leader A critical moment Cocking my rifle turns 

 the scale Order restored Jungles teeming with game Herd of 

 elephants reported Preparation for the attack In the midst of 

 the herd Shoot one of them Habe-Awal and Gadabarsi horsemen 

 surround the herd Jungle alive with elephants I kill five bulls 

 and one cow Fine haul of tusks Continue hunt next morning 

 At unpleasantly close quarters Under the elephant's trunk Saved 

 by standing still The elephant moves off A parting shot in the 

 ribs Follow up and finish her Shoot another bull Bivouac for 

 the night Lion heard calling News of a large bull Found and 

 wounded A determined charge Retires into a jungle At bay 

 I hit him again Another charge I am chased and nearly caught 

 I give him the slip Eeturn to camp Take up tracks next day 

 Found dead Move camp Six elephants bagged one day Charged 

 by a cow elephant A Somali attracts her attention She chases 

 him He is caught and killed instantly Pounded beyond recogni- 

 tion I kill the elephant We try, but fail to capture the calf . . 188 



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