SECOND BOOK. 



1st March. — Went out, but could find no lion 

 pugs. Saw some koodoo does. Went out again in 

 afternoon, shot one dik-dik, 303. Missed one, and 

 missed one gerenouk, moving, 1 60 yards. Had a 

 shot at a hyasna running away eighty yards, 303. 

 Picked himself up and went off ; followed, found 

 but little blood ; gave him up, as it was getting 

 late. Soon after I got back to the tent and while 

 I was tubbing, they said there was a leopard at 

 the wells. I pulled on a pair of trousers and got 

 there as quick as I could, but too late. Followed 

 him up the other bank and got ahead of him, saw 

 him about fifty yards off bolting back through 

 the bush, but as he went straight back towards 

 Ali, who was about thirty yards off, I dare not 

 fire. He turned from Ali, crossed the nullah, 

 lost him in the dark. Hyrena found dead next 

 day by my men. 



