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Kaffirs all fled at the top of their speed. The 
lionesses eyed me some time at a distance of about 
thirty yards, and I was casting my eyes round for a 
tree, as I expected them to come at me, but they 
slunk into the bush, and I never saw them again. 
I afterwards gave a sea-cow a shot which I 
thought was fatal, but as he did not rise I went to 
look for another, and shortly hit one just under the 
root of the ear (the best shot you can give), and, 
after plunging and rolling over and over, for about 
ten minutes, he subsided, and we dragged him out 
some 200 yards below. The poor Amatongas 
were delighted, and carried all away but his head 
and back bone. 
13i th .— The first fine day we have had for a long 
