CHAPTEE II. 
Start for the jungle — An obstinate camel — ^ Owl ’ gazelle — Rock rabbits 
— Programme of the day — Arrival at Hargaisa — Abundance of game 
— Catching butterflies — Game on the Saylah bun — ^Hartebeest. 
Next morning my store-boxeSj tent, guns, rifles, ammuni- 
tion, all divided as much as possible into the usual 60 - 
pound loads, were placed upon the fourteen camels, and at 
length I started for the jungle, wending my way towards 
Hargaisa with thirteen followers. The cook managed to 
smuggle in a scullery -boy as an apprentice. I left word 
with my headman to purchase another good pony and two 
or three donkeys. We made a bad start, as one of the 
camels, hearing a tin can rattling about him, commenced 
to buck, which ended in my eight-bore rifle and two of 
my casks coming to the ground with a crash. However, 
nothing was broken, and the camel was made to kneel 
down and loaded up again. One camel then began to lag 
behind, but eventually reached us soon after we encamped 
for the night. We had not gone more than two miles out 
of Berbera upon the desert (my pony going dreadfully 
slowly, not having touched a blade of fresh grass for weeks), 
when my syce spotted a herd of nine gazelle [Gazella 
pelzelni). They took no notice of our caravan, but when 
I dismounted to stalk, they slowly walked off The ground 
was very flat and bare, there being only a few thin thorn- 
bushes to cover us, so that we were obliged to stalk them 
almost in full view the whole time. However, by walking 
upright and encircling them, they allowed us to get within 
about 80 yards, when, as I was sitting down to take a 
