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which three female gerenook slowly walked past our track, 
with their long necks stretched out low in front of them. 
Never had I seen this usually timid animal so tame or so 
close (about 20 yards off) before. We camped at Seudone, 
where a lioness was reported with her three ‘ piccaninnies,’ 
as my headman termed her cubs. 
This happy family I decided to leave alone, and marched 
on next morning towards Garsoni, where a man-eating lion 
was reported. We found Elanli, and then s, truck out due 
east to Sirro and Labahgalli, where I shot the first vulturine 
guinea-fowl I had so far seen during this expedition. 
I also saw some ^ gussuli ’ dik-dik. The following day, 
after passing a large lake at Abdin Libah, we reached 
Garsoni in time to build a zareba near a village possessing 
hundreds of cattle. I passed the usual sleepless night, and 
next morning endured agony from a stiff back through 
lying on the hard ground. 
Next morning three men came into camp with news of a 
lion. One offered to show tracks ; another said a lion had 
killed a cow, and offered to show it us ; and a third appeared 
from another village, saying that a lion had carried o0‘ a 
girl. Each man wished us to accompany him. 
We decided to follow the man-eater and build a zareba 
for the cattle-stealer. I rode and rode for miles until at 
length we reached the village. We were met by an old woman 
who told us that two Midgans were already tracking the 
lion. She showed us the place where the lion had jumped 
over the zareba and taken a girl fourteen years old. They 
had found the hands and feet of the luckless child, but 
nothing more. Close by was a Midgan’s zareba, round 
which strutted a few tame ostriches, and within were to be 
found some dik-dik skins, together with the engines used in 
their capture. A huge lion-skin lay against a hut, and 
several tiny mangy dogs growled at me savagely 'when I 
approached. 
After resting here a couple of hours, I went on to 
another village where a lion was reported, but finding it to 
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