XVI 
THROUGH SOMALILAND AND ABYSSINIA 
annual movements of trading caravans governed by seasons — Duration 
of seasons — Great heat — Movements of the nomad tribes — Caravan 
marauders — Tribal fights — Gangs of highway robbers — Methods of the 
raiders — English scheme of protection popular — Trade greatly injured 
through insecurity of routes — A peculiarity of the Somali guide — 
Mysterious strangers — Remarkable faculties of adaptability in the 
Somali — Baneful effect of civilisation . . . Pages 27-42 
CHAPTER III 
BIG GAME SHOOTING, 1887 
Start from Berbera — The first koodoo — First herd of elephants seen ; elephant 
bagged with a single shot — Fresh start with another caravan — Waller’s 
gazelle bagged — Mandeira ; delightful headquarters — The Issutugan 
river— Herd of elephants found — Elephant hunt at Jalelo, and death of 
a large bull — Our night camp — Camp at Sobat — Elephants heard 
trumpeting at night — Interesting scene ; a herd of sixty elephants — 
Two elephants bagged — Camp at Hembeweina ; lions 4 round camp — 
A herd of elephants in the Jalelo reeds — Long and unsuccessful hunt — 
Tusks stolen by a caravan — Lions roaring round the Hembeweina camp 
at night — Visit of Shire Shirmaki and thirty horsemen — Interesting 
scene — A row in camp — News of a solitary bull at Eil Dan an — Exciting 
hunt ; horsemen manoeuvring a vicious elephant, and death of the bull — 
Return to Berbera ...... 43-73 
CHAPTER IV 
GOVERNMENT EXPLORATIONS 
Early trips to the coast — Disturbed state of Bulhar — Stopping a fight — Two 
skirmishes — First exploring trips — Hostility of the natives — An unlucky 
trip — Start with my brother to explore the Habr Toljaala and Dolbahanta 
countries on duty — Camp on Golis Range — Theodolite station at 6800 
feet — Enter the waterless plains — Advance to the Tug Der — News of 
raiders ahead, and of Col. A. Paget’s party — Dolbahanta horsemen — 
Advance to the Nogal Valley — Constantly annoyed by the Dolbahanta — 
Prehistoric tank and buildings at Badwein — Advance to Gosaweina — 
More horsemen — Insecure border, and scene of a raid — Explore Bur Dab 
Range — Robbers’ Caves — Exploration by my brother on Wagar Mountain 
— Lovely scenery — Return to Berbera — Start on a second expedition to 
the Jibril.Abokr country — The top of Gan Libah — A new hartebeest — 
Death of a leopard — Hargeisa — Natives clamouring for British protection 
against Abyssinia — Bold behaviour of a leopard — Advance to the Marar 
Prairie — Camp at Ujawaji — Extraordinary scene on the prairie — 
Quantities of game — Gadabursi raid — Jibril Abokr welcome of the 
English — A shooting trip on the plains — News of three lions — Vedettes 
