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 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 i row in camp — News of a solitary bull at Eil- Dalian — Exciting hunt ; 
horsemen manoeuvring a vicious elephant, and death of the bull — Return 
to Berbera. 
In January 1887, after having previously made six exploring 
expeditions to the interior of Somdliland, I started upon my 
first sporting trip after big game, my caravan consisting of 
eight Somdlis with four camels. Marching thirty-five miles 
inland from Berbera, we pitched our first shooting camp at 
Hulkabbba, and the following day ascended the Golis Range by 
that Pass, halting in Mirso, a ledge two miles wide, situated 
two thousand feet above our last camp, and about half-way up 
the mountain, where there is excellent pasturage. We here 
