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grown cub at the water; the people here say they 

 were killed by the dogs. The pack only numbers 

 six, counting three three-quarter grown pups ; if 

 they drove off a pair of full-grown lions, how about 

 the "king of beasts " ? Went to see my pigs in 

 the morning at S a.m. ; found a leopard there, 

 missed him disgracefully at sixty yards, standing, 

 and a snap shot in the bush running. Ran ahead 

 to the end of a fringe of thick cover, and came on 

 my leopard at ten yards ; he stood sideways and 

 snarled, the little beast ; caught him with one of 

 my patent express 500 bullets on near shoulder, 

 broke both shoulders, four pieces under skin of 

 opposite shoulder. Male, very dark, spotted 

 skin, much smaller than Indian panther. Moved 

 to Derio. Find the big lion has been drinking 

 here nightly, and the two I was after yesterday 

 drank last night ; several pugs of panthers ; shall 

 try donkey dodge to-night. Shot a buck gerenouk, 

 standing, eighty yards, 303. Hit shoulder, came 

 out behind opposite shoulder. Good horns. 

 Have got into Paget's route, old zereba of his 

 here (last year's) ; they say he shot two lions 

 here at night, three of my men were with him, 

 they say he killed four lions, his shikarri Abdul 



