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the goat. I descended from the machan, and started 

 by looking for the beast which had growled to the 

 shot, as I hoped that it was a panther. But neither 

 then nor later could I find any blood in that direction, 

 and had to conclude that I had missed the second 

 shot. Finally I began to look for the first animal, 

 in which direction was an obvious blood-trail, 

 and 30 yards off I found a spotted hyaena dead. 

 I was not sorry to have procured specimens of both 

 of the African species, though disappointed over the 

 supposed panther. It was interesting to note that not 

 the least notice was taken of the light, and next to 

 none of the shooting. I then went along the left 

 bank down the Settit, where I saw nothing but a 

 gazelle up to 11 a.m., when I got back to breakfast. 

 In the afternoon I went to the pass over the big 

 meshra above camp. The dikdik did not appear 

 again ; but just at sunset a herd of six koodoo came 

 down to drink. I succeeded in cutting them off 

 successfully whilst they were drinking, and finally 

 all filed past me at 50 yards. Unfortunately the bull 

 had horns of only 30 inches or so, and was thus not 

 worth shooting, so I let them pass. After dinner I 

 went to the machan. 



March 8th. Spent a fruitless night in the machan. 

 In the early morning I saw a doe koodoo feeding 

 on the hill above me. I made another successful 

 stalk, getting within 30 yards of what unluckily 



