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friendly, said that he and his tribe knew nothing about the 
looting of caravans. He accused all the sub-tribes around of 
looting, but said the Abdul Ish&k never looted, and I was to tell 
the Government. At that time the Abdul Ish&k, Habr Gerhajis, 
were well known as the most persistent looters of caravans, but 
I promised to convey the message to the authorities, and made 
the old man happy. Peace was now restored, and we spent a 
quiet night, the Abdul Ishak sending us several vessels of milk ; 
and in the morning we parted amicably, and continued our trip, 
eventually reaching Berbera. 
“ SAKARO ” ANTELOPE. 
This incident at Eil Anod, only thirty miles from the coast, 
shows how little Europeans were trusted or known in the early 
days of the British Protectorate. Many shooting parties have 
been through the Habr Awal and Habr Gerhajis countries of 
late years, but at that time the country was quite unexplored, 
even close to the coast. 
About a month after the Eil Anod incident we set out from 
Berbera on another trip, this time going to Mandeira, and thence 
up the Jerato Pass to Syk, in the high Ogo country. 
I heard that the Kdsin Ish4k, a clan of the Habr Gerhajis, 
were at Syk, and expected trouble ; but when we reached the 
Syk fig-tree we found only a few of the elders, who said that 
