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not come out to drink until broad daylight. Near the 
Tati, on the shores of the Sacha and Ramakoban, 
rhinoceroses dig, or rather shovel out, deep holes, 
which become partly filled with clear water. These 
are the favourite drinking-places of lions, and they 
come to them after their nocturnal hunting expeditions, 
WATERBUCKS. 
before retiring to their lairs amongst the tall yellow 
reeds which grow on the river banks. 
When I was encamped on the Sacha with Hiibner 
in August, 1869, these great beasts of prey were 
unusually numerous; large and small antelopes, Cape 
buffaloes, giraffes, &c., supplying them with plenty of 
booty. 
The sun has hardly sunk beneath the horizon before 
