240 SPORT IN THE EASTERN SUDAN 



Most of the way there has been a well-marked road 

 cut through the trees, made three years ago, when, I 

 am told, some important official visited "Dunkel" 

 in Abyssinia. Saw two large herds of ariel, but 

 did not get a shot. Also saw nearly a score of 

 oribi, and made a miss right and left at 80 yards. 

 As usual, the late march gave me a bit of a headache, 

 but the day was cool and the weather fine. In the 

 evening I wrote letters, as we are now approaching 

 civilisation. 



May 17th. Started at 6 a.m. and marched till 

 11 a.m., some 12 miles, halting at the village of Beda, 

 the last village we have seen being Shammam on 

 April 2nd. I saw no game en route except twenty or 

 thirty oribi, which were much too clever for me. I 

 wasted a right and left in a long shot at guinea-fowl, 

 being short of meat. However, in the morning I 

 went out and secured four guinea-fowl and a black 

 partridge. 



May 18th. Got off at 7 a.m., being delayed by rain, 

 and marched until 2 p.m. to Abu Hashini, about 17 

 miles. Felt the cold exceedingly, due to evaporation 

 from wet clothes, as soon as the rain stopped a 

 curious sensation in the tropics in May. Wasted 

 four cartridges over black partridge and guinea-fowl 

 en route. Saw no other game but one oribi. Part of 

 the way we got off the usual black cotton-soil on to 



