WE LEAVE HARGAISA 
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dah/ and said, and firmly believed, that it fell from the 
clouds with the rain. We also found some beautifully 
woven nests made of green grass hanging from the trees, 
made by a pretty little yellow weaver-bird. We got the 
news from a stranger on reaching camp that one of the 
parties which had been at Berbera with me had fired at a 
lioness, missed her, and hit one of his shikaris, the bullet 
grazing his jaw and taking off two of his fingers. He had 
been sent back to Berbera for repairs. At nine that even- 
CARAVAN UN THE MARCH. 
ing my headman turned up with nine men and the remain- 
ing fourteen camels and a donkey. 
On May 1 we started from Hargaisa with my whole 
caravan, consisting of twenty-three men and a boy, twenty- 
six camels, two donkeys, one pony, and a flock of sheep. 
We were accompanied by another caravan of four camels, 
the headman of which craved our protection as he journeyed 
out of one friendly tribe into another. 
Starting at 4 a.m., we marched to a spot called Harbarleh, 
