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I erd. of Plateou Gazettes 
CHAPTER III 
BIG GAME SHOOTING, 1887 
Start from Berbera—The first koodoo—First herd of elephants seen ; elephant 
bagged with a single shot—Fresh start with another caravan—Waller’s 
gazelle bagged — Mandeira; delightful headquarters — The fIssutugan 
river—Herd of elephants found—Elephant hunt at Jalélo, and death 
of a large bull—Our night camp—Camp at Sobat—Elephants heard 
trumpeting at night—Interesting scene ; a herd of sixty elephants—Two 
elephants bagged—Camp at Hembeweina; lions round camp—A herd 
of elephants in the Jalélo reeds—Long and unsuccessful hunt—Tusks 
stolen by a caravan—Lions roaring round the Hembeweina camp at 
night—Visit of Shiré Shirmaki and thirty horsemen—Interesting scene— 
A‘row in camp—News of a solitary bull at Eil-Danan—Exciting hunt ; 
horsemen manceuvring a vicious elephant, and death of the bull—Return 
to Berbera. 
In January 1887, after having previously made six exploring 
expeditions to the interior of Somaliland, I started upon my 
first sporting trip after big game, my caravan consisting of 
eight Somalis with four camels. Marching thirty-five miles 
inland from Berbera, we pitched our first shooting camp at 
Hulkaboba, and the following day ascended the Gdlis Range by 
that Pass, halting in Mirso, a ledge two miles wide, situated 
two thousand feet above our last camp, and about half-way up 
the mountain, where there is excellent pasturage. We here 
