. Seventeen trips through Somaliland and a visit to Abyssinia; with supplementary preface on the 'Mad Mullah' risings. Maxamad Cabdulle Xasan, 1864-1920; Ethnology; Zoology. 252 THROUGH SOMALILAND AND ABYSSINIA chap. mountains of Som41iland chiefly in the absence of the full gray- mane ; and a small tree-monkey, of whose name I am ignorant. After creeping about noiselessly for the space of two hours with Geli and Hassan, I put up the buffalo at a distance of about twenty yards, but we could only hear the heavy pounding of the earth and cracking of sticks as they galloped off, with continuous c
. Seventeen trips through Somaliland and a visit to Abyssinia; with supplementary preface on the 'Mad Mullah' risings. Maxamad Cabdulle Xasan, 1864-1920; Ethnology; Zoology. 252 THROUGH SOMALILAND AND ABYSSINIA chap. mountains of Som41iland chiefly in the absence of the full gray- mane ; and a small tree-monkey, of whose name I am ignorant. After creeping about noiselessly for the space of two hours with Geli and Hassan, I put up the buffalo at a distance of about twenty yards, but we could only hear the heavy pounding of the earth and cracking of sticks as they galloped off, with continuous crashing through the undergrowth, and the hollow sound of the larger limbs of the trees breaking as they charged. SKULL OF CENTRAL AFRICAN BUFFALO (Bos mffer mquimMn lis). ahead. We followed, in the course of the morning putting them up no less than seven times. Once we came to their lair, at a spot in the densest line of thicket close to the river, where four large banyan-trees grew together, their roots and descending branches interlacing to form a labyrinth of caves with upright pillars. The place was nearly dark; it smelt of buffalo and was full of their droppings; one of the exits was a tunnel through the thicket about five feet high. Through this they had escaped, and finding they could not pass under a branch six inches thick, which spread horizontally across this opening at a height of four feet, they had charged and broken it short Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Swayne, Harald George Carlos, 1860-. London, R. Ward, limited
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