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which called close by after daybreak. In the morning 

 I examined the ravines along the left bank above the 

 camp, but saw no game whatever. At 8.30 a.m. 

 I arrived at a meshra a mile above camp, and sat 

 over it until 10 a.m., when a hartebeest came down 

 to drink, but too far off to be any good, though I made 

 a great effort to get within range. On the way 

 home I saw a female gazelle and female ariel eating 

 the rushes in the meshra of yesterday. Thinking 

 that a male might break out, of either species, I 

 stalked to within 50 yards, when I saw an ariel 

 make off. Close to the gazelle could be seen the 

 horns and back of what I supposed to be a male 

 Heuglin, and, firing, I killed the female ariel in error. 

 The horns proved long enough 14J inches being 

 longer than those of either of my two males, al- 

 though, of course, the horns were thin and spidery. 

 The weight was only 90 lb., against 125 Ib. for the 

 males. I jumped another wart-hog on the way back 

 to camp, but was disappointed with the scarcity of 

 game in this unfrequented part. The afternoon was 

 spent attending to the ariel, and doing various jobs. 

 In the evening I again went to the machan for an 

 all-night sitting. 



February th. Spent another fruitless night in 

 the machan. At daybreak a lion called in the far 

 distance up-stream. In the morning I visited the 

 nullahs opposite camp, turning out a couple of female 



