xviii THROUGH SOMALILAND AND ABYSSINIA 
journey to Harar— Hospitality of Basha-Basha, an Abyssinian general — 
Enter Harar — Meet Signor Felter — First interview with the Ras in the 
audience -room — Entertained by Allaka Gobau Desta — My servant 
wounded — Meet Count Salimbeni, M. Guigniony, and the Archbishop 
of Gallaland — Interviews with the Ras and exchange of presents — 
Farewells in Harar — Leave Harar for the Webbe . Pages 147-176 
CHAPTER VII 
FIRST JOURNEY TO THE WEBBE SHABELEH RIVER, 1893 
Form an ambush over the pool at Kuredelli — A rhinoceros wounded — 
Unsuccessful hunt after the rhinoceros — Two lions seen — Another 
rhinoceros wounded at the pool ; three lionesses arrive ; interesting 
moonlight scene — A lioness drinks, and is wounded — Death of the 
lioness — Follow and bag the rhinoceros — Exciting hyaena -hunt with 
pistol and knife — Abbasgul fight — Unsuccessful rhinoceros -hunt — We 
march into the monsoon — Waller’s gazelle wounded by me and pulled 
down by a leopard — Death of the leopard — Camp again at Tiili — Two 
rhinoceroses bagged ; furious charge — The Sheikh Ash, a friendly tribe 
—A leopard in camp — Ambush at the Garba-aleh pool ; leopard and 
hyaena bagged — Abundance of game — First enter zebra country — Man- 
eating lions at Durhi — Malingur at Durhi — Elephant-hunting in Daghatto 
Valley ; a bull bagged — Large number of elephants — Interesting scene 
in Daghatto — Leopards seen — Uninhabited country — Difficulty in finding 
the Rer Amaden tribe — Halt at Enleh and send out scouts . 177-198 
CHAPTER VIII 
FIRST JOURNEY TO THE WEBBE SHABELEH RIVER (continued) 
Our camp at Enleh — Success of* the Lee-Metford rifle — A beisa hunt — 
Abundance of game — A night alarm — Attempt to catch a zebra foal — 
Strange voices in the bush — News of the Rer Amaden — Jama Deria — 
Advance into the Amaden country — Meeting with Sheikh Abdul Kader 
at Dambaswerer — Friendly reception by the Rer Amaden — Decide to 
make a dash for Ime — Fine view of the Webbe Valley — Difficulty and 
expense of a Somali outfit — Close to Ime ; doubtful as to our welcome — 
Cordiality of the Adone or Webbe negroes — Council of the elders ; desire 
for an English treaty — Kind hospitality of Gabba Oboho, chief of Ime 
— A word for British management at the coast — Invited to return to 
the Webbe — Shoot two waterbuck — Return to Dambaswerer — Jama 
Deria at home — Galla raids — Extraordinary vitality of a Somali — Jama 
Deria’s avarice — Reputation of Ras Makunan — Beisa shot — A lion roars 
at night — Lion surprised stealing the carcase — Exciting hunt, and death 
of the lion — Sit up for lion at Durhi — Melancholy episode ; Daura 
