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February l&th. Spent another fruitless night in 

 the machan. In the morning the shikaris told me 

 that they had disturbed a herd of tetel on the way 

 down. I saw the trail up the bank, but could make 

 very little of it in the grass. After chota hazri I 

 crossed over again, and found that the hartebeest 

 had disappeared into the interior. I then worked down 

 the nullahs towards the big meshra. I first disturbed 

 a female bushbuck out of shot. Then I had an easy 

 chance at an immature male bushbuck, which I did 

 not take. Next I disturbed a pair of wart-hog, but 

 did not think that the tushes of the boar warranted 

 pursuit. After this I put up in succession two couple 

 of female waterbuck, and at the meshra itself found 

 the regular party of five waterbuck grazing. Later I 

 saw a roan antelope descending to the meshra, and I 

 and the shikaris approached cautiously to within 

 100 yards, but decided in the end that she was a 

 female, and with poor horns to boot. She was badly 

 lame behind, which accounted for her having left the 

 herd, and had probably had an encounter with a lion. 

 Whilst we were stalking her, three koodoo does and a 

 small buck approached the meshra, but detected us 

 and made off. We then crossed over, and a couple of 

 oribi descended and drank. I tried a stalk, which was 

 spoiled mainly by the baboons. Then a gazelle came 

 down, which I did not want. Finally, shortly before 

 11 the identical herd of hartebeest that I had seen on 



