88 SPORT IN THE EASTERN SUDAN 



November 5th. Was delayed till 8 a.m. by six 

 straying camels, said to have been frightened by a 

 hyaena. Missed a dikdik whilst waiting for them ; 

 then missed a blue hawk, in mistake for a pigeon, 

 which appear not to exist in the Sudan. Afterwards 

 missed a gazelle at 70 yards three times running. 

 Finally bagged a hare and halted at 11 a.m. Off 

 again at 3.30, marching till 5.30. Missed a bustard 

 and an ariel, both right and left ; the first shot being 

 with No. 6, and the second a long shot in a bad light. 



November ih. Off at 6.30 and marched till 9.30, 

 halting at a well in Khor Girgir. Bagged an 11-inch 

 gazelle at 50 yards. Since Tougan the track has been 

 along the well-defined Souakin-Kassala road with 

 Kassala Mountain about S.S.W. Made a long 

 afternoon march, starting at 3, and the " hamla " 

 not turning up till 8. Saw numerous hares and 

 gazelle and ariel in distance, but did not shoot. 



November lih. Starting at 6 a.m. reached Kassala 

 at 9 a.m. The cultivation began as soon as we turned 

 the corner of Kassala Mountain. Was hospitably 

 received by Captain H., the officiating Governor, 

 and made an honorary member of the local European 

 mess, where I found half a dozen English officers in 

 Sudan employ. A clean, well-looked-after town, 

 with broad streets and avenues of young trees, but no 

 attempt at architecture, though there must be 20,000 



