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spirits are now at so low an ebb that ours, out of sheer contrariety, 
rise, and in chaffing him we try and forget we are tired, cold, hungry, 
and wet. Thirsty we are not, but oh for something to take the edge off 
the water! We ask the pilgrim when he thinks we shall get in—and what 
ills are in store for us, and badger him till he takes refuge in a surly “‘ Khoda 
Janta” and is thereafter unapproachable, We had before come up this stream 
for about a mile from the camp, and we now tried hard to recognise the corner 
which we had then reached. Again and again this rock or that tree seemed 
familiar, but again and again we were disappointed. Four, five, six o’clock 
still found us plodding on very tired, very wet, and excessively hungry. At 
last we sighted the corner and, after a few minutes’ hesitating recognition, saw 
high overhead the grass huts of the camp. We hurried on, and the pilgrim 
smiled, Ten minutes later we were getting into dry clothes, and soon were 
discussing our long-looked for bully beef, commissariat biscuits, and whisky, 
and, needless to say, enjoyed them, 
F, EK. DEMPSTER, 
RANGOON, June 1893. 
No, X.—A DOG KILLED BY A DABOTIA. 
Mr. W. H. Traill, writing from Jhansi, Central India, states that on the 1st 
July one of his dogs, a large terrier, was killed by a full-grown viper (Daboia 
russelliz), Although bitten severely in four places, the dog appears to have 
lived for about eight hours, when it died without convulsion, but with all the 
symptoms of paralysis. The daboia was found to contain 40 fully-developed 
young ones. 
No, XI.—SOME SHOOTING NOTES. 
In turning over the leaves of a shooting diary of recent date, I find some 
odds and ends which I venture to transcribe, as I think that they may be of 
interest to others, 
Here is an extract from a letter from a friend in Somali Land, dated 25th 
August, 1891 :— 
“ T left Aden 10th Julyand went over to Zaila, where I found A. . . He 
was not able to start fora week. Weset off 18th July ina boat 40 miles down 
the coast, where we had sent on a tent, four camels,and guns, The main body 
of our camp had gone up to the first wells at the foot of the hills some 60 miles 
off. Our camp for the first two days was by some muddy wells in the sandy 
maidan, and it was very hot. There were a lot of Wart Hogabout ; they used to 
come to the water ;so we rodethem. A. . . was tooseedy todo much, but I 
managed to stick three boars ; two of them had grand tushes quite twelve inches 
or more ; they can go like blazes, and for pluck I never saw them equalled ; 
every one charged false. Itouched them. . . It takesa fast beast to come up 
