THE RED SEA HILLS 
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such circumspection that rarely or never can they be 
approached unseen, though I cannot remember ever 
having seen them post a sentry. 
Conspicuous as they are, ariel are always difficult of 
access. If regarded solely from a sporting point of view 
—(which is against the unwritten laws of Africa)—ariel- 
stalking would undoubtedly rank In the very first class, 
Ariel—The Midday Siesta. 
the mutual advantages and disadvantages being so equally 
balanced. Many stalks fail; others develop In delightfully 
unexpected ways. Some of these stalks took us right 
into the heart of the hills—5000-feet piles of dark shale, 
bare of all vegetation save the dothering-gras's and a 
tiny blue-blossomed thistle ( Blepharis) that peeped from 
under stones. Our first success, I remember, occurred 
when a troop incautiously filed over a skyline 600 yards 
ahead. To exploit the opportunity Involved hard 
running, so as to “cut them out”; but Lowe took on 
