14 Three Months' Leave in Somali Land. 



bullet had evidently not passed through, had 

 to give him up as he was going straight away 

 from my route. Dead oryx, female, 31^ in. horns. 

 I cannot tell bucks from does of this beast. 

 Used Jelfery 303. First shot on dead oryx 1 ft. 

 behind shoulder; one bullet passed out in front 

 of opposite shoulder, other stayed in body ; did 

 not assist at the cutting up, so am not sure of the 

 nature of wounds. 



13th, Saturday. — Started at 3.55 a.m. ; 

 marched till 10 a.m. Saw fresh lion pugs about 

 8 a.m., followed and lost in bad ground. Saw 

 fresh rhino pugs at 10 a.m., followed into dense 

 bush where the pugs formed a kind of maze ; had 

 not time nor strength in me to work out the 

 puzzle. Walked in and out of the thick bit, hop- 

 ing to put him up and give him a dose of 10-bore 

 as he napped off: ; no luck. Character (Darur) 

 of country changed at 8.30 a.m., stony, slightly 

 undulating, bigger mimosa trees. Guinea-fowl 

 in hundreds, and dried up tanks instead of the 

 now monotonous sand bush and grass of the 

 Haucl. Country here varies, bits of Haucl, inter- 

 spersed with bits of stone country, can get a 

 view now and then, see some high ground in the 



