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Binder up-stream, but R. was against it. Since 

 leaving El Meruya we have seen no traces of buffalo 

 or elephant, but R. says that we shall find both on 

 the Binder. This agrees with my information, but 

 I rather fear that the Binder has been overshot. On 

 the march I shot a sand-grouse, but saw little game. 

 There were fresh tracks of two lions, but the weather 

 now puts machan-work out of the question. In the 

 afternoon I made a circuit round camp, and saw a 

 flock of six male ostriches and one hen, also a couple 

 of tiang, and a few reedbuck and ariel, but nothing 

 I wanted. 



May 4th. There being no sign of buffalo or 

 elephant, I moved camp again, marching some 8 

 miles along the bed of the Binder. I decided to 

 definitely give up the idea of Roseires, mainly for lack 

 of time, as I did not want to be caught by the heavy 

 rain 100 miles or so from the railway. I saw no game 

 on the march but one or two oribi and reedbuck, and 

 no tracks of buffalo or elephant ; but at the pool 

 where I halted, a fairly good tiang moved off, and 

 I scored a miss among the trees at 150 yards. I had 

 to treat A. for sore eyes, and R. for boils. I may 

 mention that a couple of lions were roaring all last 

 night, but not within a mile of camp. I had seen their 

 tracks close to camp in the evening, but the wide 

 grassy plains along the Rahad did not lend them- 

 selves to machan-work. I had seen another tora the 



