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we searched for the wounded lion without success 

 until 3 p.m., when I shot a couple of guinea-fowl and 

 returned to camp. In the evening I returned to the 

 machan. 



March 23nZ. Passed an uneventful night, except 

 that a couple of hyaenas turned up at 3 a.m. and 

 quarrelled over what the vultures had left of the dead 

 goat. A lion roared in the extreme distance, and this 

 neighbourhood has obviously got a bad name for the 

 present. Marched 6 miles, passed a village called 

 Khalifa, and encamped on the banks of the Rahad. 

 Was delayed by the fact that my servants supposed 

 that I had fired two shots in the night, so had got 

 nothing ready ! Developed a headache due to march- 

 ing at midday. Found fairly fresh lion and leopard 

 tracks in the bed of the Rahad, so decided to halt 

 for a day or two. Did not feel equal to a fourth 

 consecutive all-night session, and compromised by 

 tying up a goat in the evening. Nothing appeared, 

 and I spent the night peacefully in bed, disposing 

 of the headache with the aid of starvation and 

 Cockle's pills as usual. 



March 24$. Searched for tracks in the early 

 morning, but found no fresh ones. With the aid 

 of my three shikaris, I dug a pit over some 

 small pools of water where lions and leopards had 

 certainly drunk some time previously. One small 



