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of an exit hole the other side. I gave M. and A. a 

 present of 1 apiece for each of the two lions, which 

 seems to be the regular rate, and added a dollar apiece 

 for each camp-servant all round, having previously 

 given half a dollar apiece for each leopard. It is clear 

 that Africa is not a country for a poor man, though, on 

 the other hand, incidentals such as elephants and 

 beaters do not have to be paid for as in India ; the 

 absence of elephants rendering the risk to life and 

 limb very much greater. As I suspected, three fully 

 developed cubs came out of the lioness, and I am 

 keeping the skins. Spent the remainder of the day 

 over the skin of the lioness, and engaged an old man 

 at Ps. 5 per diem for skinning. A fair-sized koodoo 

 bull came and stood on top of the hill right opposite 

 the camp in the morning. Spent the night in bed. 



January 3rd. Went out for a morning stalk. 

 Jumped a female koodoo a mile above camp on the 

 right bank, and afterwards caught indistinct glimpses 

 of a couple of gazelles. Then sat over the meshra 

 above camp. Four female gazelles came down to 

 drink at 9 a.m., followed at 10 a.m. by a herd of 

 half a dozen koodoo, including a moderate bull. The 

 whole bank was lined with baboons, and a sounder of 

 wart-hog in a corner completed the picture, though 

 there was nothing that I particularly wanted to shoot. 

 The only animal that came to drink on the right bank 

 was a female ariel with twin fawns. I watched the 



