CONTENTS 



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—Method of diepensiag justice — A lengthy irUI — Distortion of 

 evidence — Paid by the page — Jadgee' feee — How regulated — More 

 prisoners out of gaol than in it — A Gilbertian system — Beeult of the 

 trial — An interesting but depressing relic — A city of palaces that 

 was — The cathedral and shrines — Site of " Auto da fe " — St. Zavier, 

 the Patron Saint — Curious discrepancies — The convent by the sea — 

 An old story retold — Abduction of a nun — A modem Paladin — An 

 unpleasant surprise — The great festival of the Church — Mummified 

 boay of the Saint — A sacrilegious souvenir hunter — The glass cofi&n 

 — Transfer to Poonah — A bed of sedition — Absence of sport — Effect 

 of the war on India — Surat my next station — The " Cradle of India " 

 — Battered forts and ruins — The Nawabs and their descendants — 

 An ancient Begum — Opposing foictions — Pearl trade — Origin and 

 present position — German intrigues and aspirations — The pearl 

 merchant — The sorting and polishing processes — A magnificent 

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CHAPTER XXI 



Decide on a shooting trip to Somaliland — Popular belief about its 

 inhabitants — Erroneous ideas — Diminishing game — Collecting in* 

 formation — Preparations for the expedition — Initial difficulties 

 finally overcome — Calling for volunteers — Oungdya and Sabha 

 come forward — A study in contrasts— Stores and equipment — My 

 battery — Embark for Aden — The voyage — Its effect on the two 

 Bhils — Explaining the compass — Arrive at Aden — ^Take passage to 

 Berbera— Black beeUes and noisy natives— Collecting a '«Kafil»"— 

 Purchase baopMn OMBels — Engaging an escort — Supplies and pro- 

 visions — A des<A^ ]uid — DriUing the escort — Abdi, the headman 

 — His multifarious duties — Hie construction of zarebas — A camp 

 in Somaliland described — Engage two Shikaris — Khalifla and Nur — 

 Projects and plans — UnfrienoUy natives likely to be encountered — 

 Confidence in Abdi — Troubles with camel men — Marching aoroM a 

 watatoM plain — Somalis armed to the teeth — Wild appearance of 

 Umm mm — ^Decorated mnrderen — Wei^ona used In waifare— 

 Booaali wranen — ^Their drees and appearance — ^Noi held in much 

 account — Often abandoned on the miarch 161 



CHAPTER XXII 



An uninviting oounirr— OaaeUss oooMionaUy met with— Barijaaomlng 

 marches— The dik-dik antelope— Large bods sss n l bs Ufe- 

 swlngar— Tsttifle heat Ths Nadym or ShaUsr trss Basoh tbs 

 msk water — LkB<teiidmoimtain — TIm Immt koodoo— Thdr i 



mm water — Jtan-Maa momitato — Tbs immt koodoo— Tomt •pps«r> 

 aaos and baUts— Biteaordinary lading powsn— Sboot a fins book 

 —Ascending the Oolis Baago— Haont (4 tbs gtsatar koodoo— Mews 

 of an old boll — A troitlsss ssarob — Bstaming to camp— A plsssoat 

 sarpriss— Soddsn arasaranes of tbe boU— A bngsbot— Baggsd— A 

 splsodi4 tnpby-— Tbe greater koodoo deserihed— Ws manb m fOHle 

 to TT s tM sa Wild woodsd oouitrT^-Oryx. sad bsHsbssst saooim. 

 tarsd— ShooMng for tbo pot— Maay mootbs to fssd— Tbs ofjs. ap> 

 pMcanos and bsbits Aberd of four bmtdred sssd— Wooadsd Ofyx 



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