Diary. 47 



We walked quietly about the hill tops looking up 

 likely trees, but there was a very large extent 

 of hill, and I had not the luck to hit off the lion. 

 I think that lion lives in hilly ground, and that 

 he was somewhere on that hill yesterday. I 

 only had three beaters and the hill required 

 twenty to work it, so it is within the bounds of 

 possibility that he broke out round the beat 

 somewhere. 



26th. Monday.— No lions. Took a very long 

 stroll looking for tracks, could find none. Missed 

 a gerenouh 150 yards, 500 ex. 



27th, Tuesday. — Man said he had seen rhino 

 pugs in hills about four miles off. Went there, 

 found old pugs, but though we hunted around for 

 a lonsf time we could find no new ones. Saw 

 seven wild dogs on the way, had a long run to 

 try to cut them off in direction they were going, 

 could see none, and gave it up, thinking they 

 had gone ahead, gave rifle to Jama, and, as I was 

 going back, a big dog jumped out of a bush about 

 three yards off and charged towards me growling ; 

 before I could get the rifle he turned and went oh 

 through the bush. I had a fairly easy jungle shot 

 at thirty Yards, one barrel, and went below liim ; 



