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then followed up the lion. His tracks were to and 

 fro all over the place, and I finally made a perch for 

 the evening up in a tree, near where I judged that I 

 had heard him last, and got back to breakfast by 

 11 a.m. Put the electric lamp in order. Apparently 

 all that was wrong was that the sal ammoniac had 

 dried up. Started re-soling a pair of rope-sole boots. 

 Spent the evening without success in the perch made 

 in the morning, and found on return to camp that 

 since sunset the lion had been roaring in the piece of 

 cover where I had already shot the lioness, and the 

 machan was all ready ! So much for trying to mark 

 down a lion by its roars. Went to this machan after 

 dinner, but the lion had gone, and was heard no 

 more. 



1911. 



January 1st. Felt a bit headachy, so spent a quiet 

 morning fishing. Tried a spoon for some time without 

 success, and then changed for the heart of a sheldrake, 

 which I had bagged with four shots in the morning, 

 and speedily caught a barbel of 20 Ib. or so. Keturned 

 to camp with a bad headache, having been hung up, 

 and lost a flight of hooks and trace. Slept off my 

 headache, and returned to fish for an hour in the 

 afternoon, without success. Sat over goat in lion- 

 machan in evening. Heard one lion call nearly a 

 mile down-stream, and returned to dinner. 



