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The afternoon was spent repairing the lid of a Jchaja- 

 wah, which serves as a machan, and preparing for a 

 fresh start to Ishaga, six days of Gira having given 

 me an ariel and a miss at a bushbuck, although I 

 had sat up five consecutive times for lion. My four 

 camels turned up with three ardabb of dourra, costing 

 Ps. 150, from Son. 



January 15th. Marched to Ishaga, which is only a 

 mile above the island where I was encamped above 

 Gira. Bagged a couple of guinea-fowl in early 

 morning. Saw nothing on march. There being now 

 no sign of lion in this neighbourhood, I went for an 

 evening stalk, when I let off a couple of wart-hog, for 

 which my camel-men afterwards upbraided me, as 

 they wanted the hide to repair the baggage-saddles. 

 However, just as it was getting dark the shikaris 

 detected an animal moving on the right, and walking 

 up I saw it stand at 30 yards, and enquired whether 

 it had horns. The reply was satisfactory, so I 

 let drive and knocked over a nice little bushbuck 

 of 12 inches. The shikaris immediately began to talk 

 about bakshish, which disgusted me considerably, 

 especially as they had thrown up the chase of the 

 wounded lion at 11 a.m., and I told them that I drew 

 the line at bushbuck. 



January 16th. Went for a morning stalk on the 

 left bank above Ishaga. Saw four small waterbuck, 



