Seventeen trips through Somaliland and a visit to Abyssinia : with supplementary preface on the 'Mad Mullah' risings (1903)
Swayne, H. G. C. (Harald G. C.), Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI · London : Rowland Ward, Limited, 'The Jungle' ... · leaf 361
ey can pick up to eat in the wretched ground frequented by them. They generally avoid thick bush, and have curiosity which amounts to impudence, but are wonderfully on the alert and hard to shoot, seeming to know the range of a rifle, and presenting a small target. The Klipspringer ( Oreotragus… … KLIPSPRINGER ( Oreotragus saltator). Length of horns, 3J inches. Assa Ranges, and the hills near Gebili, are the best ground in which to look for them. Alahud go in twos and threes. The longest horns I saw in Somaliland were about three and a half inches in length. The females are hornless. The…
Maxamad Cabdulle Xasan, 1864-1920 · Swayne, H. G. C. (Harald G. C.) · Ethnology · Zoology · Hunting
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