NATIVE WELLS 



haltc^d by some trees at Duddarp. I had a long mid- 

 day tramj) following a gazelle which, after wounding 

 with a longish shot, I eventually reached. F'ortunately 

 the day was cloudy, and nothing like as trying as the 

 previous one. 



Next morning, a still earlier start, and a seven 





and a half hours' journey through grass and thorn 

 bush, brought us to llensa. I saw a few dik-dik 

 (^JMadoqua saltiana) and bagged one on the wa\-. In 

 the wide, sandy river-bed here there were some circular 

 funnel-shaped water-pits. The native method of raising 

 water from these is for one man to stand at the bottom 



