4 Three Month* Leave in Somali Land. 



for three days last week, and killed five bucks, 

 hence the rest are few and wary. Met eight 

 men stalking through the iungle covered with 

 weapons. They held up a spear, so I and Jama 

 advanced to talk to them. They were Bsa 

 Moosa, tracking a man of the Habr Unis, who 

 had killed one of their men in the morning. 

 (1S\B. — Jama is Habr Unis.) 



4th, Thursday. — Started at 7 a.m. "Walked 

 the lower slopes of Gran Libah till 11.30. Saw- 

 one antelope (Alek'iV Idipspruujer) at 9 a.m., eighty 

 yards, 303. Jeffery bullet. Hit behind near 

 shoulder, passed out of throat ; dropped in his 

 tracks. At about 11.30 breakfasted. At 12.30 

 saw big koodoo 300 yards off going hard; he had 

 been lying to leeward of my line, and was thus 

 alarmed ; followed his tracks. At about two 

 o'clock came on big koodoo and doe, about 150 

 yards, vanishing round corner. Had a snap shot. 

 Jama wrung his hands in great grief: said I had 

 missed ; presently saw doe go up opposite slope 

 alone ; ran down to where he was when I fired ; 

 saw koodoo standing below me about 100 yards; 

 head and withers hidden by bush ; fired into the 

 middle of his back; dropped in his tracks 



