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meshra, and saw nothing at all but some waterbuck 

 and doe koodoo through my telescope at a remote 

 meshra. 



March 3rd. As I got up at 4 a.m. a lion was roar- 

 ing a mile off, so I tried to approach him, but 

 his roars ceased as soon as it was light enough to 

 see, and I had no time for a long search, as I had 

 decided to march. I then marched to Oom Habl, 

 following the river-bank, seeing nothing but a herd 

 of waterbuck in the distance. The Oom Habl meshra 

 was, as usual, alive with gazelles, and I saw three 

 oribi and an occasional ariel ; but what I wanted 

 was a male hartebeest. One hartebeest came and 

 stood within 20 yards of me. I could only see the 

 horns, which were small and twisted, and whilst 

 I was trying to make out a little more, a large herd 

 of these antelopes came to the other end of the 

 meshra on the left bank. I crossed over, but they 

 had disappeared by the time I reached the spot. The 

 camels turned up about 11 a.m., and after breakfast I 

 returned to the meshra, where I saw nothing but ariel 

 and gazelle. In the afternoon, at 2 o'clock, I took 

 down my rod to fish, but got no bites, and presently 

 three hartebeest appeared on the meshra. I did a 

 long stalk and got within easy shot, but decided that 

 they were all females in fact, the three that I had 

 seen during my previous visit. Meanwhile, seven doe 

 koodoo came and fed opposite M., who had stayed 



