70 Three Months 1 Leave in Somali Land. 



a long way, blood stopped and I had to give it 

 up. Saw some aoul near where we halted for the 

 morning in a very open plain, had one shot at 

 303 yards, missed. Got to breakfast at 12 

 o'clock. Started out again at 1 p.m. after the 

 aoul, got one shot with 200 full sight, aoul fell, 

 but picked himself up and went off slowly for 

 about half a mile. Watched him with glasses — 

 he stood for about twenty minutes but would not 

 lie down. Jama spotted two oryx in the direc- 

 tion we had to go, the wounded aoul having gone 

 in the opposite direction. I left him, stalked the 

 oryx, and got within about eighty yards of a good 

 buck. I fired over long grass under the branches 

 of a bush, the smoke hung and I could not see 

 effect (using 500 ex.). When smoke cleared oryx 

 was standing in same spot apparently untouched ; 

 thought I had gone low ; used fuller sight, oryx 

 ran about ten yards and looked about ; fired again 

 and saw that the bullet cut a branch over his 

 back. Oryx went off at a good pace, took up 

 303 and fired as he ran. Heard bullet hit, fol- 

 lowed, not much blood. Found oryx under a 

 bush about 400 yards on, dying. First shot (I 

 think) caught him in centre of body high up, 



