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my ass there to-night. Went out in afternoon ; 

 saw two buck gerenoulc, but could not get a shot. 

 Saw tracks of lesser hoodoo and a few of oryx; 

 some chance of sport here, three small leopards 

 drank here last niorht. 



17th, Saturday. — No lions last nigdit. I went 

 out for a stroll after breakfast after hoodoo ; got 

 back at 2.30, having seen nothing but yesterday's 

 tracks of four lions, one lioness and three cubs I 

 think ; wish I had hit them off yesterday, I was 

 close to where I saw them to-day. The big lion 

 appears to have left this ; while I was out some 

 men came to the water here, said they had passed 

 Derio (half way between this and Lehelu) in the 

 early dawn ; the big lion was sitting by the wells 

 and growled at them ; they remembered that the 

 water at Fanat was sweeter than at Derio and 

 they left. Just like my luck. About the only 

 day I have been out between 12 and 2 o'clock. 

 Too late to do anything when E heard. The big- 

 footed one is said to have eaten many men of 

 late. 



18th, Sunday. — A lion and lioness came last 

 night. There are six paths leading to the water 

 and the least used one of the let is to leeward of 



