WITH FLASH-LIGHT AND RIFLE 



bowl - like depression in the ground, apparently made 

 by hippopotami, and in it lay our fugitive, a fine 

 specimen of an adult leopard. This hunting adventure 

 taught me, among other things, not to place too much 

 faith in statements made by natives. Our men were 

 absolutely sure that the animal we pursued was a lion, 

 and a thickly maned one at that. 



I cannot say anything about the hunting- leopard 

 {Cynceliiriis giUtatiis, Herm.) from my own experience. 

 It is a rare animal in the Masai land, and I caught sight 

 of only two specimens. 



But the cunning leopard, called "chin" by the Was- 

 wahili, "ol ugaru geri" by the Masai, and "mellilta" 

 by the Wandorobbo, roves in untold numbers nightly 

 over the vast Nyika, and will do so long after the strong 

 lion has ceased to exist. 



