TWO DIANAS IN SOMALILAND 283 



ear clearly — my invariable test. A down hill shot is 

 the one most likely to fail, because it is so difficult to 

 judge distance horizontally, not vertically. 



We had a huge climb for it back to our camp, which 

 we saw perched high above us, our tent looking a mere 

 white speck on the sky-line. Once as we skirted a 

 thick bunch of foliage and undergrowth we heard a 

 leopard " cough." We pulled up, and listened awhile, 

 but could hear no more of him. Firing the place was 

 no use. The smoke might hang about, there was 

 little air in these ravines, and it might be impossible 

 for us to see clearly. We were really tired, and very 

 unenthusiastic, so let the matter go. 



