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horns, but was not tempted to shoot. Afterwards 

 came across two lots of waterbuck and one of koodoo, 

 besides gazelle and ariel. Spent a most arduous 

 afternoon making a new machan where I had seen 

 the tracks of lion, and returned to camp without 

 tying up a bait in the evening. 



February 2nd. Spent a fruitless night in the 

 machan, and as there was the track of a lion close to 

 the goat next morning, and the goat had made no 

 sign, the conclusion was that the lion passed whilst 

 I was at dinner another piece of very bad luck. 

 In the morning I examined the nullahs on the left 

 bank, and saw two fair waterbuck, but was not 

 tempted to shoot, and also doe koodoo and water- 

 buck. I did fire, however, right and left at 25 yards 

 at a bushbuck that I jumped among the ravines, 

 and scored a bad miss. I found the ravines killing 

 work in leather breeches, which was some excuse for 

 the miss. I also saw the same herd of ariel as before 

 on the right bank. In the afternoon I visited a 

 meshra overgrown with rushes half a mile above 

 the camp, but saw nothing save a couple of wart-hog. 

 At 4.30 p.m. I went for an all-night sitting to the 

 machan. 



February 3rd. Spent a fruitless night in the 

 machan. Nothing stirred but a bushbuck, which 

 barked at the goat shortly after dark, and a hyaena 



