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Sheep meat is also highly prized, and our 

 men preferred it to any antelope we shot. A 

 part of this preference vas no doubt due to 

 the fact that sheep cos., us something, and 

 they always expected us to give them a good 

 feast of mutton when any big game had fallen 

 during the day. 



The camel is often made use of for shikar 

 work. The natives, armed as they are only 

 with bows and spears, cannot approach suf- 

 ficiently near the antelope to make sure with 

 these weapons. They, therefore, use their best 

 friend, the camel, and by walking along close 

 to the animal's shoulder, gradually edge in 

 near enough to the antelope for a shot with 

 an arrow beneath the camel's neck. The ante- 

 lope, being accustomed to see camels about, 

 do not fear them. One beautiful head, I re- 

 member well, belonging to the large kudu 

 type of antelope, was obtained by a native 

 who employed this method of stalking. 



To finish up with the native livestock, I 

 must mention their ponies. These are hardy 

 little beggars, with lots of endurance. My 

 own pet pony, which was a very good repre- 

 sentative of the type, had considerable Arab 



blood in him. Tough and very sure-footed, 



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