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CHAPTER XL 



A very unlucky day An ostrich lost Final smash of my pet gun 

 Jarrone decamps Bad news for the Hamrans Their opinion of Mun- 

 singer An addition to our party A popular dish Fire-flies Hadji 

 Basheer's grief over the loss of Jarrone Surrounded by enemies A 

 fatal shot Essafi loses his charger Sheik Aghill and the Abyssinian 

 chiefs Curious shot at a cobra We lie in ambush Vivian has excit- 

 ing sport with a lion Mo named deserts his master We set fire to the 

 jungle Watching and being watched Albert's career as an oculist 

 Its unfortunate finale Chasing a wounded giraffe . . PAGE 177 



CHAPTER XII. 



Return to the Settite Face to face Lion-shooting experience Twice 

 disappointed Comfortable quarters Essafi in disgrace Drawbacks 

 to perfect happiness Ants and butterflies A charitable conclusion 

 Hauling a hippo to land Peaceful enjoyment When animals drink 

 Diligence in prayer Governor, two goose ! Is it Jarrone? Unadul- 

 terated 'butter' Guided by vultures Attacked by the Base Hadji 

 Basheer visits the Arab camp His new pet Troops of baboons 

 Arab teeth How to make a koorbatch Giraffe-hunting Habits of 

 rhinoceros The well-known foot-print Satisfactory hunt Jali 

 arrives A crocodile bags my hyaena Departure of Kassala post 

 Losing a right and left' at lions A fine specimen Arrival of birds 

 of prey Tracking a female slave Her escape The slave trade A 

 cheap offer . . . 196 



CHAPTER XIII. 



The rhinoceros bird A lucky shot A doubtful friend One week's 

 sport Night visit to an unknown camp A 'peculiar' Arab left 

 to die? Return of the sick horse We lie in wait for ostriches 

 Their nest Experienced thieves The Seance is disturbed Mid- 

 night visitors Water from a new skin Thirst Thoughts of the Base 

 Sheik Aghill with us again His little dodges We entertain him 

 Arab vanity A disappointing study Success of a galvanic battery 

 Suggestive performance of Aghill His liberal offer His appeal 

 Essafi is the sufferer Dying struggle of a lioness Is it by sight or by 



