334 A SPORTING TRIP THROUGH ABVSSINJA chap. 



Sleep was rendered more difficult by the fact that the 

 lions, equally discomposed by the weather, kept up an 

 almost continuous roaring. Ne.xt morning, the river 



Skull of Tora Hartebeest. 



was a torrent of muddy water instead of a chain of clear 

 pools. I spent the day hunting for buffalo but could 

 find no fresh tracks, and as there was no new grass 

 lower down the valley, it seemed useless to go further 

 in that direction. The ground was not suitable for 

 lion-tracking, and as these animals did not seem to have 

 gone near any of the meat I had shot, I decided to 

 return to the Gurmarzer valley. 



