CHAPTER XI

NOTES ON THE WILD FAUNA OF SOMÁLILAND 292-329

APPENDIX I.—ON FITTING OUT SOMÁLI EXPEDITIONS 331

” II.—PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 361

” III.—NOTES ON SOMÁLI TRADE 375

INDEX 379

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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THE AUTHOR AND HIS ESCORT _Frontispiece_

GROUP OF SOMÁLIS (WHITE ESA) 1

SOMÁLI CAMP FOLLOWERS AND A HORSEMAN FROM THE BUSH 5

A CAMP SERVANT WITH LESSER KOODOO SKULL AND HORNS 13

SOMÁLI SCOUTS HALTING IN A SANDY RIVER-BED TO LOOK FOR WATER 29

A HERD OF PLATEAU GAZELLE 45

ELEPHANTS 49

“FLYING THE BUSHES” 55

ELEPHANT AND CALF 61

LESSER KOODOO AND ALOES 76

♂ WATERBUCK HEAD 79

SOMÁLI HORSEMAN 81

“SAKÁRO” ANTELOPE 89

JUNGLE OF “HIG” ALOES AND “GUDÁ” THORN-TREES 107

ON THE MULE-TRACK, NEAR HARAR 118

GAME ON THE PLAINS 123

DIK-DIK ANTELOPE 124

WALLER’S GAZELLE 125

ORYX FIGHTING—“A TRIAL OF STRENGTH” 133

A SLUMBERING LION 135

GREATER KOODOO HEAD 145

♂ SŒMMERING’S GAZELLE HEAD 153

A HERD OF “AOUL” 155

A HERD OF HARTEBEEST 164

JUNGLE OF “WÁDI” THORN-TREES AND “HIG” ALOES; SUBUL ODLI, HAUD 179

♂ SŒMMERING’S GAZELLE HEAD 186

“AOUL” BUCKS AT PLAY 187

RHINOCEROS AT POOL OF KUREDELLI 190

A HERD OF ORYX 203

A SOUNDER OF WART-HOG 212

A HERD OF GERENÚK 213

GREATER KOODOO ON THE LOOK-OUT 242

ROCK RABBITS 256

A HERD OF WATER ANTELOPE 258

WATERBUCK SWIMMING 269

CENTRAL AFRICAN BUFFALO, SKULL AND HORNS 274

LION—“A SNAP SHOT” 289

VULTURES 292

BLACK RHINOCEROS HEAD 296

“ORYX BEISA” HEAD 298

LESSER KOODOO HEAD 304

SOMÁLI HARTEBEEST 305

BUSHBUCK HEAD 309

CLARKE’S GAZELLE HEAD 311

CLARKE’S GAZELLE 312

WALLER’S GAZELLE HEAD 313

♂ PELZELN’S GAZELLE HEAD 317

♀ PELZELN’S GAZELLE, SKULL AND HORNS 317

KLIPSPRINGER, HEAD AND SKULL AND HORNS 318

DIK-DIK ANTELOPES, HEADS AND SKULL AND HORNS 319

DIK-DIK AND ALOES 320

WART-HOG HEAD 324

♂ SPEKE’S GAZELLE HEAD 325

♀ SPEKE’S GAZELLE HEAD 328

HUNTING MAP OF NORTHERN SOMÁLILAND.

MAP OF THE HORN OF AFRICA.