SOMALILAND

BEING AN ACCOUNT OF TWO EXPEDITIONS IN THE FAR INTERIOR
TOGETHER WITH A COMPLETE LIST OF EVERY ANIMAL AND BIRD KNOWN
TO INHABIT THAT COUNTRY, AND A LIST OF THE
REPTILES COLLECTED BY THE AUTHOR

C. V. A. PEEL

F. E. ROBINSON & CO. LONDON
1900

First edition.
An excellent sporting title, this features all manner of big game hunting in the regions southwest of Hargeisa on Peel's first expedition, then through the Haud and Ogaden on his second. The author's hunting party bagged gazelle, rhinoceros, hartebeest, lion, oryx and lesser kudu, as well as experiencing some hair raising encounters with leopards. The rhino Peel bagged was hit eleven time and severely injured a gun bearer before finally succumbing. (Czech, Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books.)

CONTENTS

PART I. FIRST EXPEDITION.
Aden—Porpoises and dolphins—Arrival at Berbera—Young lioness —Shooting parties—Scarcity of camels—Getting together a caravan—European compound of Berbera
Start for the jungle—An obstinate camel—' Owl' gazelle—Rock rabbits—Programme of the day—Arrival at Hargaisa—Abundance of game—Catching butterflies—Game on the Saylah Bun--Hartebeest
We sight a large lion—Sitting up at night for lions—Lost in the jungle—Lost again—Oryx antelope—Fight in camp—Tracks of lions—Reports of leopards—Night adventure with a leopard
Native tomasho—Sick list—Three lions seen—A crowd of natives-I shoot a leopard—Curious roots—Camels
Gazelle shooting—Headman's excuses for not marching—Troublesome followers—More grievances—Glimpse of a lioness—Camel killed by a lion
Tracking a rhinoceros—Zebra seen—I shoot an ' owl' for the pot— Grevy's zebra—Curious moon effect—I shoot a spotted hyaena— Abundance of game—Exciting ride after a leopard—Attack of fever
Tracks of elephants—Charged by a rhinoceros—Shikari wounded— Ostriches—Rhinoceros tracks—A phantom ' rhino'
Large ' rhino' shot—Down a precipice after koodoo—The Webbi Shebeyli—Tracks of elephants—Abundance of insect life—Nest of bees
Long crawl after oryx—Return of caravan from Berbera—Abundance of game—Somali method of hunting elephants—Abyssinian xareba—First encounter with Abyssinians—Fight with Midgans —Camp at Jiggiga—Huge herds of game—Shooting hartebeest
Fighting for meat—In the Abyssinian zareba—Elephants reported —Row in camp—We reach Hargaisa again—Forced marches through the desert—Arrival at the coast

PART II. SECOND EXPEDITION.
Berbera again—Up the Girato Pass—Wart hogs—Curious caterpillar —Game on the Bun Arori—A great disappointment—Abundance of game—Tracking a lion
Sitting up at night for a lion—Shooting on the Bun Toyo—Fight in camp—A sleepless night in a zareba—We sight a fine lion—We encounter natives armed with rifles—Tracking a leopard—A baby rhinoceros—Reports of lions—Firing the bush for a lion
Fever—A big fight—A daring lion—Charged by a lion—Death of a leopard—Three lions reported—Troublesome natives
Thieving natives—We march against a village—Looking for elephants —A prisoner in camp—A false alarm- We reach Joh—A plague of bees
Crowd of threatening natives—Across the waterless desert—We lose the road—A race against death—Saved in the nick of time— We inn short of provisions—Lesser koodoo
Effects of rain—Death of a lesser koodoo—Jungle folk—News from the coast—The Dumberelli Plain— Waller's gazelle shot—Across the waterless Haud—Gazelle—Death of a leopard
Upper Sheik—Koodoo—A young caracal caught—We reach Berbera
Trapping and collecting in Somaliland
Glossary of useful Somali words and phrases
The spoor of big game

APPENDIX
INDEX

23 x 16 cm. xv + 345 pp + frontis & 7 b/w plates + map.

Good condition. Cloth worn on the edges, faded on the spine and with a stain on the rear board. Previous owner's name on the front pastedown, front hinge cracked. Splash marks to page 193 (see photo). All plates and map present.