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off, but there was no sign of the big bull or his 

 harem. In making the usual round I disturbed a 

 couple of bushbuck and three young waterbuck. 

 I then went off at 8 a.m. to the hartebeest-meshra, 

 unluckily disturbing a herd of hartebeest on the way. 

 Up to 11 a.m. I saw two hartebeest, but only got 

 within shot of an undoubted cow. A large number 

 of Heuglin came within 20 yards, also a few ariel. 

 In fact, there was abundance of animal life, but not 

 what I wanted, so back to breakfast at noon. In the 

 afternoon I fished, and caught a barbel of 10 lb., 

 besides hooking a big one, which got rid of the hook 

 after a run of 20 yards. 



March 2nd. Went to look-out cliff at 4 a.m., 

 and saw nothing but one of the regular koodoo does 

 with two young ones drinking. Then moved up- 

 stream to the hartebeest-meshra, and sat there for 

 four hours, seeing nothing but gazelle, ariel, and 

 oribi. Leaving the meshra for camp after 11, I was 

 disgusted to see a hartebeest coming down to drink, 

 which saw us and bolted. Got back to breakfast at 

 noon, having decided to shake the dust of Ishaga 

 off my feet, ten days in the place having given me 

 one Heuglin gazelle. In fact, no quest more hopeless 

 than the search for a particular koodoo among these 

 innumerable ravines and meshras could well be 

 imagined. In the afternoon I went fishing, but 

 caught nothing, and in the evening sat over a 



