. The game animals of Africa . tching so exactly with the ground that, when motionless, it isalmost impossible to see them. I do not think they mind the want ofwater, as they never go down to the plains ; and in the hills where Isaw them there was absolutely no water, except for a very little dewon the tops of the hills, when the wind blowing from the sea wascarrying down clouds along the rocks. Altogether, this is a hard kind BEIRA 279 of game to bag ; one has to climb in fearfully hot places, over steeprocks, without water, and the animals are difficult to see, rather shy,and, as they are so
. The game animals of Africa . tching so exactly with the ground that, when motionless, it isalmost impossible to see them. I do not think they mind the want ofwater, as they never go down to the plains ; and in the hills where Isaw them there was absolutely no water, except for a very little dewon the tops of the hills, when the wind blowing from the sea wascarrying down clouds along the rocks. Altogether, this is a hard kind BEIRA 279 of game to bag ; one has to climb in fearfully hot places, over steeprocks, without water, and the animals are difficult to see, rather shy,and, as they are so small, require straight shooting. I came across beira quite unexpectedly. I had been after kuduthe whole morning, and was sitting close by a Somali shepherd, whowas tending goats. He said to me, You like shooting a beira ? andtook me to the end of the spur, where he pointed downwards. I madeout under some leafless bushes about 80 yards away the faint outlineof two beiras, which were standing. I fired and broke the fore-leg of. Fig. 58.—Head of Beira, shot and photographed by Lord Delamere. the male, when both went across a ravine ; but at about i 20 yardsdistance down came the buck with a .303 bullet through the there were more of these antelope in the hills, I made up mymind to sleep on the top of a rock about 3000 feet high, where Ishould have a good view of all the valleys. We reached the placeabout three-quarters of an hour before sunset, and were just preparinga place for sleeping when a gun-bearer came up in a state of excite-ment, saying there was a herd of beiras. Running on to some rocks,I saw two of them disappearing at full gallop among some big slabsabout 600 feet high. Heading them as best I could, I got to the top 2 8o ANTELOPES of a projecting rock, and saw, about 200 yards away, six beiras in singlefile in the middle of the slabs. Resting my rifle, I opened fire, andgot three in five shots—two more being obtained subsequently. Major Powell-Cott
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