104 SPORT IN THE EASTERN SUDAN 



December 13th. Prospected the country down- 

 stream. Saw no tracks of lion, but fresh traces of 

 hippo away from the Atbara. Saw altogether eight 

 Heuglin, and finally made a good shot at a buck 

 facing me at 100 yards; he weighed 63 lb., and 

 measured 10| inches. Cleaned buck's head, and sat 

 up in evening in machan, without success. 



December lth. Spent another fruitless night in 

 the machan. No tracks at all. Went down-stream 

 after yesterday's hippo, but no success. Saw eight 

 Heuglin, but only one moderate buck, and got no shot 

 at all. Fished in afternoon and caught one fish of 

 2 lb. or so. Then prospected up-stream and found 

 tracks of very large leopard. Sat in the evening in 

 machan close to camp, but saw or heard nothing. 

 Spent the night in bed. 



December 15th. Spent a long morning making 

 machan where I had seen leopard-tracks yesterday. 

 However, no fresh tracks. A hippo appears to leave 

 the water occasionally in this place. Heard that I 

 had been fined 5 for shooting one ibex too many. 

 Tried to repair a yakdan broken by a camel on my 

 first cross-country march on the 12th, but the 

 job was not a good one. Sat up in new machan in 

 evening, without success. 



December 16th. Spent the night in new machan. 

 Nothing came near the goat; but just before 



