CHAPTER IV. 
Native tomasho — Sick list — Three lions seen — A crowd of natives — I shoot 
a leopard — Curious roots — Camels. 
I ORDERED a march to a place called Segooden, whilst I 
went to track the two lions seen by my men the day before. 
We tracked those lions from 6 a.m. till 2.30 p.m., and must 
have covered over twenty miles when we overtook the 
caravan at Segooden. We found that the two lions had 
killed and half eaten a female gerenook, and had then made 
a very long march. We finally lost their tracks in long 
grass. At Segooden we found water in a rock in plenty. 
After having breakfast and filling the water hams, we 
started off again. I now discovered that my best pony 
was contracting a bad sore back, so that I now possessed 
two ponies and one donkey which were utterly useless for 
the present, and should have to foot it for at least a week. 
Marching through the thick thorn-bush, we found the first 
tracks I had as yet seen of a huge rhinoceros. We pitched 
camp at 5 p.m., after I had been on my legs nearly the 
whole day from 4.30 in the morning, and hearing a 
sheh(4le (leopard) outside, we tied up a kid. I then 
discovered one of my men groaning in agony, and, on 
making inquiries, discovered he had sat upon a large 
scorpion, and had been stung in two places. I applied 
strong ammonia, and heard no more groans during the 
night. I slept, for I was tired out with the long tramp in 
the sun. 
Next morning I tramped on, seeing the tracks of another 
rhinoceros. Whilst on the march I saw two foxes run to 
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