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at the Zoological Gardens, is also found here, and I 

 had a pair given to me ; but as they never showed 

 themselves by day, and disturbed my rest at night, 

 I let them run away. 



I have occasionally seen squirrels, reddish-grey 

 in colour. Quite a colony of them played round 

 me once at Poulana whilst I was seated on a 

 fallen tree munching my biscuit, chasing each 

 other and scampering in and out of the branches 

 quite regardless of my presence, and so beguiling 

 the wasted minutes spent in eating. 



There are many simbas, or wild cats, here, 

 who prowl about at night seeking for and devour- 

 ing any unfortunate fowls they may discover. 

 They emit a strong scent of musk, which hangs 

 about the clothes for a long while, should one 

 happen to go through bush where a siniba has 

 previously passed. I once tried to rear a small 

 family of simba kittens, brought me by a Kafir 

 who had killed the mother for her skin ; but 

 although I used a feeding-bottle they could not 

 be induced to eat, so I had them drowned. I 

 have twice tried to rear young antelopes that 



