Hot. New camp one hour’s march down river. Men off 
at 3.45 A. M. for buffalo. The country here, and for a few 
miles down the Tana is very flat; but, going inland, toward 
the buffalo country, there are large hills, very rough, and 
generally wooded, broken country. 
I returned to camp about 10 A. M., going out again later 
with Mrs. Fleischmann and killing my second eland. Saw 
natives and called, intending to give them meat; but they 
were very timid, and ran away. Found later that these na¬ 
tives belonged to a tribe which had been prohibited from 
entering this district, and would have been severely punished 
by the collector if caught within this tract. 
NATIVE SETTING VULTURE TRAPS 
Returning, saw fresh buffalo tracks, but could not locate 
the animals. Found two pitfalls,* dug by natives to depth 
of twelve or fifteen feet and sharply spiked at bottom, this 
to impale any animal falling through the thin cover above. 
Marched three miles. 
Day’s bag: Learmonth—One eland. 
Fleischmann—One eland. 
Warm. Men off at 3.30 A. M. for buffalo, endeavoring 
to reach their watering-place before daybreak and get a shot 
at them in the open. Saw a leopard eating an impalla, but 
he bounded into high grass before a shot could be fired. 
Waited an hour for his return, when one of our trackers, 
"Note.—There is a prohibitive mandate against pitfalls in this district. 
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