GREATER KOODOO (Strepsiceros kudu). 
CHAPTER IX 
THREE WEEKS’ KOODOO-STALKING ON GOLIS RANGE, 1893 
Our hunting camp in the mountains — The “Rock of the Seven Robbers” — 
Exciting koodoo hunt ; death of a splendid koodoo — My shooting 
costume — Triumphant return to camp — Unsuccessful koodoo hunt — 
March to Henweina — Unsuccessful hunt after koodoos — Bag a bull — A 
charming spot — Dog-faced baboons — Alarm note of the koodoo cow — 
Picturesque bivouac — Cedar-trees in Mirso — A leopard caught with a 
piece of rope and speared by the Somalis — March to Armaleh Garbadir 
— -The great Massleh Wein bull — Exciting hunt ; success of the Martini ; 
a glorious koodoo — Return to the coast. 
We descended the Jer&to Pass to Mandeira on 4th June. This 
pass has since been improved by an engineer officer from Aden, 
and there is now a good road. On this day I divided the men 
and animals into two caravans, one-half to remain with me in 
the mountains, the other to go to Berbera, where the men would 
be paid off and the camels sold. On the following day I took 
the half of the caravan I had chosen for the koodoo-hunting trip, 
and marched three miles, from Mandeira wells to a small spring 
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