TWO DIANAS IN SOMALILAND 283 
ear clearly — my invariable test. A down-hill shot is 
the one most likely to fail, because it is so difficult to 
judge distance vertically, not horizontally. 
We had a huge climb for it back to our camp, which 
we saw perched high above us, our tent looking a mere 
white speck on the sky-line. Once as we skirted a 
thick bunch of foliage and undergrowth we heard a 
leopard “ cough.” We pulled up, and listened awhile, 
but could hear no more of him. Firing the place was 
no use. The smoke might hang about, there was 
little air in these ravines, and it might be impossible 
for us to see clearly. We were really tired, and very 
unenthusiastic, so let the matter go. 
