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Somaliland has become a happy hunting 
ground to Englishmen, and among those who 
have given a sporting account of its natural 
history, the name of Capt. H. G. C. Swayne, 
of the Royal Engineers, holds a prominent 
position. His book entitled “Seventeen Trips 
to Somaliland” gives a very full account of the 
numerous kinds of antelopes inhabiting that 
country, with full acknowledgment of the as¬ 
sistance he has derived from specialists in the 
working out of his specimens. Mr. Edward 
North Buxton, in his “Short Stalks” (1892) 
covers a much wider field, giving sporting 
reminiscences of Europe, North Africa, Asia 
Minor, and the Rockies. His observations are 
those of an acute field naturalist, and he has 
done much to increase our scant knowledge of 
the habits of the Barbary wild sheep or Arne. 
Sir E. J. Lodes has also hunted in the Al¬ 
gerian Sahara, but as his observations on ani¬ 
mals have only appeared in scientific journals, 
they scarcely come within the purview of this 
article. Still he is a good example of the 
naturalist-sportsman. This is equally true of 
St. George Littledale, whose hunting area ex¬ 
tends from the Pamirs and Lhasa to the Cau¬ 
casus, and also of Major C. S. Cumberland, 
one of the most indefatigable of Central Asian 
shikaris. The latter gentleman has published 
most valuable notes on many of the large ani¬ 
mals of Central Asia in various sporting 
papers. Perhaps our readers may think that 
we have forgotten the name of General A. A. 
Kinloch, but this is by no means the case, 
and we have reserved for that gallant hunter 
a prominent place as one of the early pioneers 
of the school of which we treat. A. H.Everett 
and C. Hose, of British Borneo seem to come 
more under the designation of naturalists than 
sportsmen, and must accordingly be passed 
without further notice. 
The list of names we have mentioned might 
be largely increased, especially if we included 
our fellow-sportsmen on the other side of the 
Atlantic, but those mentioned are sufficient to 
show how large a band naturalist-sportsmen 
are becoming. May they go on and increase 
in number, as without their aid we shall learn 
nothing fresh about animals,’ except dry de¬ 
tails of their bones and skins from museum 
students. It is not from sportsmen of this 
type that we have any fear of the more rare 
kinds of large game being exterminated. How 
important a position the naturalist-sportsman 
now occupies in the world is evident from the 
publication of books like Rowland Ward's 
“Horn Measurements” which, apart from him, 
would have no raison d’etre. 
A PATHWAY THROUGH THE BLACK 
FOREST. 
The Hohenweg is no more nor less than a 
forest path, glorified and monstrously elon¬ 
gated, to be sure, but retaining all the charm 
of its fascinating prototype in irregularity of 
breadth, surface and texture. Mostly you find 
a soft, springy footing of leaf-strewn earth 
and forest mold, but sometimes there are long 
' stretches, slippery with pine needles, and oc¬ 
casionally rocks to scramble over. One ten- 
‘ mile length there is of clean, grass terrace, 
and beyond Triberg, you travel a considerable 
distance upon an unused sandy road. 
Imagine a forest path one hundred and fifty 
miles long, or, rather, a connected series of 
paths and old wood roads, leading through 
forest and upland meadow, across rivers and 
among villages, up hill and down, in sunlight 
and shadow, tempting, fascinating, alluring, 
and you have at least an idea of the Hohen¬ 
weg. Fairies may dance on the green summits 
under the summer moon. Kobolds, doubtless, 
are business mining deep in the mountains, and 
wood sprites and water nymphs peep out at 
you from the leafy thickets and cool dark 
waters. You may expect anything you please. 
Your spirit is on tiptoe for adventure, and you 
have but to hold out your hand to fancy, that 
good companion, and follow the sign of the 
road.—Frederick van Beuren, Jr., in Scribner’s. 
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