44 Three Months' Leave in Somali Land. 



shots at a gerenoii'k facing me about 100 yards 

 303 solid, hit him third shot, fair amount of blood 

 at first, soon stopped ; put him up after one hour 

 and-a-half tracking, and he went off strong with- 

 out giving me a chance ; gave him up. Koodoo 

 horns about 24 in., 25 iu. straight. 



22nd, Thursday. — No lions. Started for 

 Fanat in morning. Came across oryx, five of 

 them in the bush, got up to about sixty yards. 

 Picked the one that looked the best, he was 

 standing behind a low bush aud I could only 

 see his horns and head plainly. Fired through 

 bush, which was thin, and dropped him. Could 

 not get in the next shot till the rest were fully 

 120 yards off, going like blazes (they were hidden 

 by bush at first), missed, and my oryx got up 

 and ran off at a good smart pace, followed track, 

 found him dead about 300 yards on, bullet caught 

 him in middle of body, 500 ex. Buck with good 

 horns, about 34 in. No fresh pugs of lion at 

 Fanat. My big friend was here two out of the 

 three nights I spent at Derio. Shall stay here 

 till he comes back ; he is a wanderer and not a 

 fixture at Derio as I thought. 



23rd Friday. — No lions last night. Went 



