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cooked. Cooked in this manner, the meat is most tooth- 
some. 
Next day I went over a lot of ground, and saw a couple 
of koodoo hinds and an animal I had never seen before. 
As the Somalis said it had never been shot by a white man, 
I was most anxious to procure a skin. It possessed a 
beautiful glossy black coat, was the same size and shape 
as a collie dog, and had a perfectly white tip to its tail or 
brush. There were two of these pretty creatures together, 
and on sighting us they harked at us like little dogs, and 
then scurried off without allowing me time to shoot. When 
out of sight they kept up a curious noise, very similar to 
that made by a large bird which is common in Somaliland. 
We followed this sound, and caught another glimpse of 
them, when I fired ; but ‘ What’s hit is history, and what’s 
missed is mystery !’ 
We came next upon the fresh spoor of zebrUj and on 
looking about, I found a pool of water, where they evidently 
drank daily. Round the water-hole were the spoors of 
rhinoceros, lion, koodoo, and hyaena. My guide, who had 
gone exploring, came back at night, saying he had seen 
zebra in hundreds, and tracks of rhino further south. 
So next morning we marched at 4.30 to wells about 
twelve miles south. After walking for two hours without 
seeing anything, I began to think that Nora, our guide, was 
as usual a liar, when my shikari suddenly stood stock-still 
near a small narrow open bit of ground, and whispered, 
‘ Zebra !’ But stare as hard as I could, I saw nothing but an 
open plain, surrounded by thorn-bushes. My shikari literally 
shouted in my ears, ‘ You never see it, you no see the zebra ?’ 
as he pointed with both hands. 
‘No, I never see it,’ I answered, staring my eyes out in 
the direction indicated by him. 1 • 
And I verily believe I might havfe' stared for hours, had 
he not heard my shikari and turned end on to stare at us. 
When he moved I could hardly believe my eyes. I had 
been staring at him as he stood broadside on to me quite 
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