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rather recklessly of late. I broke one of his fore-legs, and, 
seizing a spear from my syce, mounted my pony, for what 
turned out to be one of the grandest chases I had ever had. 
For a long time the wounded beast kept up with the main 
herd, but at length, by digging my heels into the pony’s 
flanks, I separated the antelope from the main body, and 
turned him straight for camp The ground was open and 
level, and we went at a racing pace. I got level’ with 
the beast, but he would not stop, and as we neared camp 
the whole of my men turned out to witness the truly 
exciting scene. The pony ran right up to him against the 
very walls of the zareba, and when I ran the spear through 
behind his shoulder he fell dead, amid the plaudits of the 
crowd. I certainly possessed a grand pony for pace and 
endurance. He went out every day and all day, never got 
any thinner, and was always ready for a long, hard gallop. 
Without this pony my bag would have been but half what 
it was up to that day. My guide now told me that he 
would not leave me if I wrote a letter to the Abyssinians, 
saying that he was with me simply and solely to show me 
game. The men reported seeing a leopard upon the plain 
to-day. The game seen whilst we were encamped at Bun 
Feroli included the following : oryx, ‘ owl,’ gerenook, zebra, 
jackal, fox, ostrich, hyaena, wart hog, rhinoceros, dik-dik, 
koodoo, leopard, and lion, the latter reported at a near 
village. 
Next day I went to the place where we had seen so 
much game the day before. We found four or five zebra 
and a lot of ‘ owl,’ but no oryx. The zebra made off, but I 
managed to put in a bullet somewhere in the middle of the 
hindmost. My legs were quite raw after the stern chase 
of the day before, so I sent my syce away after the animal 
on the pony. I myself followed the spoor on foot slowly. 
After going about a mile and a half I heard shouts and 
yells from behind me. I didn’t know what to do. It 
might be other Somalis. Surely, I thought, the zebra had 
not gone back to the place whence he started ? However, 
