BUILDING TENNIS COURT 
tered just as we were 
starting luncheon, 
drove us to cover. 
Smoke having no ef¬ 
fect on them, we 
were forced to pro¬ 
tect ouselves with a 
net. 
Found the big gi¬ 
raffe two miles be¬ 
yond the place where 
I had been forced to 
give up the chase after him. The animal had been eaten by 
hyenas during the night. Took a portion of the skin to make 
a foot-stool as trophy, and cut out one of the bullets. 
Hirsi was stunned by a hard throw from his mule, and his 
arm seems to be hurt. The accident was result of foolhardi¬ 
ness, in his throwing a zebra’s 
s kin on the back of the mule, 
after the animal had shown 
Y signs of fear on approaching 
^ ; dead zebra. 
^ ... 
Learmonth saw spoor of 
three lions. 
Day’s bag: Fleischmann— 
One zebra, 
One giraffe. 
Not oppressive. Left the 
Tana River and marched 
across a badly burnt country 
hilly, rocky, and very bad 
dng—to the Maragua River, 
temporary bridge of felled 
lms across the main gorge, 
and two small fordages 
brought us over the stream; 
uneven lava rock made even 
this difficult. Tropical scen- 
ery about the river very beau¬ 
tiful. Camped next the ford. 
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SPRINKLING THE COURT 
March 2 2d 
