SOMALILAND 
1 70 
Whilst at Lehello, I shot a large bustard with my 
'450 Express rifle. The large bullet (weighing 260 grains, 
and propelled by 110 grains of powder) smashed up in the 
interior of the body ; scarcely a feather was displaced, so 
that I was enabled to skin him in almost perfect condition. 
Whilst here six more camels arrived for us, and two were 
reported to have died on the road. (N.B. : The Somalis 
killed these two and ate them.) I tried to photograph 
Mrs. Stanford’s Somali maid, but she ' wasn’t taking any,’ 
and bolted into the tent. 
One evening some of our men brought in a camel, which 
had strayed whilst they slept, together with a prisoner, 
whom they accused of stealing it. We held a court-martial, 
when it soon became evident that our men were liars, and 
that the prisoner was innocent. Our men produced him 
only to save themselves from being fined for losing the cameh 
We gave back the prisoner his spears and shield, and turned 
him out of the zareba amid a great uproar. 
Stanford’s guns and rifles having arrived, we left Lehello 
and marched to Duldewan and Hundrugal, meeting on the 
way, upon an open plain, one of the largest herds, or 
collection of herds, of Speke’s gazelle I had ever beheld. 
There must have been upwards of one hundred of these 
graceful little creatures. They were so wild, however, that 
I failed to get a shot at any. 
Next morning we struck camp at 5.30, marching through 
a pass bordered by low barren hills. At the mid-day 
rest, at a place called Arigumeret, my largest camel lay 
down and promptly expired on the spot. This was a great 
loss, as he carried the heaviest load of them all. It must 
have been, in fact, overladen, and probably broke a blood- 
vessel. I had now lost two camels in less than a fortnight. 
There were some thorn-bushes out in bloom, round which 
flew a great number of butterflies, so I used my net to some 
advantage. We saw no game all day, and pitched under 
some large trees at Odewein, close by a ‘ tug ’ (dried-up 
river-bed). A little rain fell at sunset. 
