SOMALILAND 
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Upon the plain were several large trees, having a huge 
dark-green leaf, which was very broad. This tree, which 
the natives call ‘ boor,’ bore a small round fruit, the size 
of a cherry, green when unripe, and afterwards turning to 
a brilliant orange colour. The branches hung down in 
festoons interlaced and plaited together, some reaching the 
ground. My men supposed this place to be Galadi, which 
they said was some three days’ march east of Wardare, 
where we should have arrived if we had followed the right 
path. I saw some francolin on the plain, and shot one for 
dinner. I saw also a small herd of gerenook feeding at the 
edge of the bush, but felt too weak and ill to pursue them. 
During the night the sentry had to fire at some hysenas 
which were stalking the ponies, and the shot frightened 
away twenty men — probably robbers — who had rested by 
a well about half a mile ofi* us, as we discovered by the 
tracks next morning. 
I stayed in the camp all the morning, being too weak 
and ill to go out- I sent men after the tracks of the 
supposed robbers, but the latter got right away. However, 
during the morning two men of the tribe of Goom Adlah 
turned up to drink. We stalked, surrounded and captured 
them. I offered them a tobe to show us the road and guide 
us to Well Wall or Wardare, which they agreed to do. 
After having watered all the camels, ponies and donkeys 
again, and filled all the hams, barrels and our stomachs 
with reeking water — which gave me violent diarrhoea — we 
marched at 2 p.m. due west, passing fresh rhinoceros tracks 
all the way. I shot a ‘ guyu ’ dik-dik, and saw a large 
bird, which proved to be an owl, sitting among some rocks. 
Unfortunately, he flew before I fired, and getting behind a 
bush, the latter got all the shot. Leaving the white 
rocky ground, so hateful to walk upon, we traversed the 
usual red sand, covered Avith low thorn-scrub, AAuthout a 
bit of green to be seen. 
Next day Ave passed through the same sort of country, 
seeing a few fairly fresh rhinoceros tracks. About 
