GREATER KOODOO (Strepsiceros kiwi). 
CHAPTER Ix 
THREE WEEKS’ KOODOO-STALKING ON GULIS RANGE, 1893 
Our hunting camp in the mountains—The “Rock of the Seven Robbers ”— 
Exciting koodoo hunt; death of a splendid koodoo — My shooting 
costume—Triumphant return to camp— Unsuccessful koodoo hunt— 
March to Henweina—Unsuccessful hunt after koodoos—Bag a bull—A 
charming spot—Dog-faced baboons—Alarm note of the koodoo cow— 
Picturesque bivouac—Cedar-trees in Mirso—A leopard caught with a 
piece of rope and speared by the Somalis—March to Armaleh Garbadir 
—The great Massleh Wein bull—Exciting hunt ; success of the Martini ; 
uw glorious koodoo—Return to the coast. 
We descended the Jerdto Pass to Mandeira on 4th June. This 
pass has since been improved by an engineer officer from Aden, 
and there is now a good road. On this day I divided the men 
and animals into two caravans, one-half to remain with me in 
the mountains, the other to go to Berbera, where the men would 
be paid off and the camels sold. On the following day I took 
the half of the caravan I had chosen for the koodoo-hunting trip, 
and marched three miles, from Mandeira wells to a small spring 
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