THE LARGE SOUTH POOL. 



CHAPTER X 



NIGHT-WATCHES IN 1895 SUCCESSES AND 



MISADVENTURES 



Period for night-watch shooting Information service Organisation In- 

 stallation Risks and dangers of this form of hunting Emotions of 

 nocturnal watching Average of successful nights First chasses-croises 

 - -Animals frequenting the pools A lion hunt A fruitless night 

 Precautions to be taken with the rhinoceros A night-watch at the 

 small south pool A nocturnal charge and flight of the hunters Hide- 

 aiid-seek in the darkness Death of a rhinoceros An unlucky night : 

 three lions missed Tardy improvement of the electric projector 

 Arrival of the European mail An unexpected visitor Hunting a 

 rhinoceros in slippers Extraordinary penetration of the Express Xo. 1 

 Night-watch at the large south pool Lion lost and found again 

 The delicate sense of smell of the blacks The largest lion of my collec- 

 tion Day-watches Animals which do not drink Habits of various 

 animals at drinking-places. 



WE now reach the most exciting period of the year, 

 that which I reserve exclusively for the lion, leopard, 



and rhinoceros, for which I await at night-time in 



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