Caught her cub, about four months old, and brought it 
to camp. The little brute was very vicious, and Hirsi, the 
shikari, who had recovered and rejoined us by this time, re¬ 
ceived several ugly scratches, in making a football tackle on 
the beast, before a coat and bag were thrown over its head. 
Returning to camp, found that two porter boys had gone 
to the native village to steal meat from one of the huts. One 
had his head broken open with a knob-kerrie, and the other 
received a flesh wound with a knife, in the attempt. The 
headman brought them before me for further punishment; but 
both Mrs. Fleischmann and I, believing they had received all 
their due, let them off with a lecture. 
Two of the askaris having had an argument, one of them, 
(Hamis), waited until the other lay down, when he jumped on 
him and bit a piece from his shoulder. They were told to go 
as far as they liked, in a fighting way, outside the limits of 
the camp; but if there was any more trouble within bounds 
they would both be punished; and that, should Hamis do any 
more fighting and not fight fair, he would be sent to Fort 
Hall and get twenty-five lashes. 
Day’s bag: Fleischmann—One lioness, 
Cub taken alive. 
Hot. Hunters went out early after lion. Found no tracks. 
April 18th Coming home, saw a leopard jump into a thicket, intersected 
by a small stream, the Maji Kiboko. 
Learmonth and I took our stand, sending in beaters to drive 
him out. The leopard did not appear, evidently escaping to 
one side. The men had gone only a little way when one came 
running to report that he had found fresh lion-tracks leading 
into the thicket, and a little further on, a lioness was jumped. 
She started to come out of the thicket on my side; but, having 
already killed one, I motioned Learmonth over, to give the 
first shot. The lioness bolted about fifty yards from where 
we stood, he hitting her well in the body. The animal contin¬ 
uing on, both of us hit her in the shoulder. She bolted back 
into the thicket, and we heard her growling and snarling for 
ten or fifteen minutes, when, working our way in, cautiously, 
we found her dead. The length of our prey was eight feet. 
Day’s bag: Learmonth—One lioness, 
One zebra. 
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