26 Three Months' Leave in Somali Land. 



European from the Abyssinians. Abdullah says 

 if they come, they will present me with sheep 

 and cows. Three Abyssinians are reported to 

 have been killed by the Somalis. They will 

 have to pay heavily for them. 



28th, Sunday. — To Thein, three miles south. 

 Could find no pugs. Tied up donkey at water 

 where lions are said to drink ; no kill. Great 

 difficulty in getting water, and that of the very 

 worst description. A camel has fallen into the 

 only large well here, and these folk were too lazy 

 to pull it out; water of course un drinkable there. 



29th, Monday. — Went for the usual stroll, saw 

 nothing. Ali and Hassan saw pugs of lion two 

 days old. Donkey again. No kill. 



30th, Tuesday. — Went out towards where the 

 pugs were seen, those of one lion very big. Got 

 back at 12.15, found a man from Dhorke waiting. 

 Ali has been over there ; people say that lions 

 have worried around their zereba the last two 

 nights. Went to Dhorke in evening ; sat up over 

 tied up donkey ; no lions ; left donkey there with 

 orders to tie up nightly. Leopard visited camp 

 last night. 



31 st, Wednesday. — Went out after dik-dih with 



