52 TWO DIANAS IN SOMALILAND 



collection backward and outward turning ones. Aoul 

 is a very common gazelle in all parts of open country, 

 barring South-East Somaliland, and travels about in 

 vast herds. Its extraordinary inquisitiveness makes it 

 fall a very easy victim. 



Clarence went out with us in turn. His alternative 

 was a fine upstanding fellow, but after three or four 

 expeditions with him as guide I deposed him from the 

 position of second hunter. He was slow, and lost his 

 presence of mind on the smallest provocation, both 

 of them fatal defects in a big game hunter, where 

 quickness of brain and readiness of resource is a sine 

 qua non. 



