128 SPORT IN THE EASTERN SUDAN 



a rifle, mainly for the pot. Saw nothing but a couple 

 of dikdik and did not get a shot. In the evening I 

 sat up for lion without success. 



January \\ih. Spent a fruitless night in the machan, 

 when no elephants put in an appearance, to my 

 considerable relief. In the morning I went up the 

 left bank to the bushbuck meshra, seeing a waterbuck 

 en route, sex unknown, also a herd of koodoo, including 

 a bull with horns a foot long, which M. obviously 

 wanted me to shoot. So far as bushbuck were 

 concerned the meshra was a failure. However, the 

 following animals came down to drink on the right 

 bank : 



8.40 a.m. ariel, gazelle. 

 9.50 a.m. gazelle. 



10.30 a.m. ariel. 



10.50 a.m. one ariel. 



The meshra was then invaded by sheep, and I went 

 home rather bored with this form of sport. In the after- 

 noon I returned to the meshra at 4 o'clock, wasting 

 some time over a fruitless search for guinea-fowl, as 

 meat was short, and disturbing a herd of koodoo 

 en route, but no bull that I could see. At 4.15 out 

 came a bushbuck, but a long way off, and as I was 

 trying to cut him off, A. gave away the stalk by 

 stopping and pointing at the animal, which detected 

 us, and I saw him no more. Keturning to the machan 



