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with their ponies. The said braves came back 

 this evening, nine of them on ponies ; they came 

 to have a " buck " with the men in my camp ; 

 they had suffered no loss and their loot was 

 twenty- two camels (I counted them), not a bad 

 haul for a small party. They say there are 

 two male lions here who have been robbing their 

 zerebas regularly ; mean to halt as long as water 

 will let me. Tied up one donkey near their 

 harias (native villages or encampments), one near 

 my zereba. Shot a dik-dih ninety yards, 303 

 solid. Found no lion pugs. 



16th, Tuesday. — Moved camp to karias about 

 three miles west. No donkeys killed. Walked 

 for hours morning; and afternoon in good track- 

 ing ground and saw never a lion pug old or new. 

 Hyaana rushed a flock of sheep just as I passed ; 

 of course, I thought it was a lion; much dis- 

 gusted when I spotted the well-known front. 

 Am among the Rer Harun Ogaden. Politics of 

 this section, briefly ; loot your neighbour when 

 you can, and make as much out of a European 

 who passes as you may. N.B., I am the first; 

 God help the second. They sell water here. 



Talking of water there is a field for sport yet 



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