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had had a most enjoyable day, and was well-pleased to see 
so many koodoos in such a short space of time. Long may 
they live there to afford the hardest and the grandest 
stalking in the world ! 
On the way home we disturbed a huge leopard, which 
was lying up among some rocks. In fact, she was so big 
that we all shouted ‘ Libah ’ (lion) on first sighting her. 
She was off among the thick bushes without giving me a 
ghost of a chance, and, of course, in such uneven country 
it was utterly impossible to track her. I was very tired 
when I reached camp, and spent the rest of the day taking 
photographs close at home. 
Next morning I went out before the sun peeped over 
the hills, and spent the whole morning looking for koodoo 
south of our camp. At length we found fresh tracks, but 
on my gun-bearer loosening some stones and making a 
noise, two females jumped up, with two calves running at 
their heels. As we went further on, village upon village 
appeared, perched upon the tops of the hills. How on 
earth the camels and cattle got up and down the mountain 
passes without breaking their legs goodness only knows ! 
I returned to camp at 12, and rested. About 2 p.m. I 
was roused by cries of ‘ Dofar, dofar !’ (wart hog). Seizing 
my glass, I discovered there were two sows with litters of 
five and eight squeakers. However, I put on my boots, and 
went out in search of a good pair of tusks. But there was 
nothing to be seen upon the plain but villages. At length 
we heard a man shouting ‘ Dofar,’ and on running up beheld 
the pigs feeding amongst the sheep. I took out my glass 
and saw there was one boar with good tusks. Two others 
had poor weapons. Run, run, run — they would not stop. 
At length, taking advantage of some thick bushes, I got 
within 150 yards of the hindermost, and fired. I knew my 
rifle too well by this time to miss. However, the wart hog 
ran on, and disappeared in the bushes. I raced after him, 
and almost stumbled over his body as he lay behind a bush 
at the last gasp. I could easily have shot both the others 
