Chapter VII: First Journey to the Webbe Shabéleh River, 1893

Form an ambush over the pool at Kuredelli—A rhinoceros
wounded—Unsuccessful hunt after the rhinoceros—Two lions
seen—Another rhinoceros wounded at the pool; three
lionesses arrive; interesting moonlight scene—A lioness
drinks, and is wounded—Death of the lioness—Follow and
bag the rhinoceros—Exciting hyæna hunt with pistol and
knife—Abbasgúl fight—Unsuccessful rhinoceros hunt—We march
into the monsoon—Walleri buck wounded by me and pulled down
by a leopard—Death of the leopard—Camp again at Túli—Two
rhinoceroses bagged; furious charge—The Sheikh Ash, a
friendly tribe—A leopard in camp—Ambush at the Garba-ali
pool; leopard and hyæna bagged—Abundance of game—First
enter zebra country—Man-eating lions at Durhi—Malingúr at
Durhi—Elephant-hunting in Daghatto Valley; a bull bagged—Large
number of elephants—Interesting scene in Daghatto—Leopards
seen—Uninhabited country—Difficulty in finding the Rer Amáden
tribe—Halt at Enleh and send out scouts 187-212