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SEVENTEEN TRIPS THROUGH SOMÁLILAND
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I ETHNOLOGY
CHAPTER II THE NOMADIC LIFE
CHAPTER III BIG GAME SHOOTING, 1887
CHAPTER IV GOVERNMENT EXPLORATIONS
CHAPTER V A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE ABYSSINIAN BORDER, 1892
CHAPTER VI A VISIT TO RÁS MAKUNAN OF HARAR, 1893
CHAPTER VII FIRST JOURNEY TO THE WEBBE SHABÉLEH RIVER, 1893
CHAPTER VIII FIRST JOURNEY TO THE WEBBE SHABÉLEH RIVER (continued)
CHAPTER IX THREE WEEKS’ KOODOO STALKING ON GOLIS RANGE, 1893
CHAPTER X SECOND JOURNEY TO THE WEBBE SHABÉLEH RIVER, 1893
CHAPTER XI NOTES ON THE WILD FAUNA OF SOMÁLILAND
The Lion (Felis leo)
The Elephant (Elephas africanus)
The Black Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros bicornis)
Antelopes[53]—The Oryx (Oryx beisa)
The Koodoo (Strepsiceros Koodoo)
The Lesser Koodoo (Strepsiceros imberbis)
The Somáli Hartebeest (Bubalis swaynei)
Waterbuck (Cobus ellipsiprymnus)
Bushbuck (Tragelaphus decula)
Clarke’s Gazelle (Ammodorcas clarkei)
Waller’s Gazelle (Lithocranius walleri)
Sœmmering’s Gazelle (Gazella sœmmeringi)
The Guban or Lowland Gazelle (Gazella pelzelni).
The Ogo or Plateau Gazelle (Gazella spekei).
The Klipspringer (Oreotragus saltator)
The “Dik-Dik” Antelopes
The “Baira” Antelope (Oreotragus megalotis)
Grévy’s Zebra (Equus grévyi)
Wild Ass (Equus nubianus somálicus)
APPENDIX I On fitting out Somáli Expeditions General Observations
Example I
Purchase of Tent, Rifles, and other Kit
Example II
Example III
APPENDIX II Physical Geography WITH NOTES ON PRONUNCIATION AND MEANING OF NATIVE NAMES
Glossary of Geographical Names
APPENDIX III Notes on Somáli Trade
FOOTNOTES
INDEX
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