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water compresses, as there was considerable swelling 

 of the affected leg. The men seemed grateful and gave 

 information of elephant and buffalo on the Binder, 

 which will, I hope, be useful. Later I saw three lots 

 of wart-hog and half a dozen reedbuck, besides fresh 

 tracks of lion and leopard and the usual giraffe. In 

 fact, hereabouts the country looks more like game 

 than for the past 24 miles. 



May Gth. Left Ras el Fil, which appears to be the 

 name of this sharp double-curve in the Dinder, and 

 marched some 10 miles across country to Revadi, 7 

 to 11 a.m., cutting off the bend in the river. This 

 camp is on a high bluff, with more water below it than 

 I have yet seen in the Dinder. I shot a guinea-fowl 

 on the march, but saw little game, as was indeed 

 to be expected away from the river. There was a 

 slight fall of rain last night, and my small tent was put 

 up in a hurry. A mile short of camp we passed a 

 maya with fresh buffalo-tracks, and I take it we are 

 now in the neighbourhood described by the Arab 

 hunters. In the evening I examined the country 

 round camp, and found innumerable tracks of 

 buffalo, and a few of hippo on both sides of the river, 

 but saw no game. 



May 7th. Left camp at 6 a.m. and found fresh 

 tracks of buffalo at 7 a.m. R. followed them up very 

 well, but not until 9 a.m. did we run into the animals 



