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just as if I had a bad attack of measles all over and the irritation is awful. I was covered with ticks when I undressed for my bath today.
[[underlined]] Feb 3. [[/underlined]]
The sensation of the day came yesterday evening. I was sitting in the tent about 6.15 when C called out to me to come & look at at a big rhino. I took my telescope & went up onto a little rise just by  camp. It was almost dark & at first I could only make out an object which looked big in the bad light and I said it was the funniest looking rhino I ever saw & he apparently had no head. Just then he turned round and I saw he was a fine big lion. It took about 2 seconds to dive into the tent, ram on a pair of boots & seize a rifle & a few cartridges [[strikethrough]] we [[/strikethrough]] & we went for him, our boys with our big rifles following. (By the purest chance we had sent Malimu out with the shot gun to shoot guinea fowl and he had taken an Askari with his old gas pipe with him). The lion was at work Eating the Zebra I had shot 2 nights before & we got within about 300 yards when he looked round & saw [[strikethrough]] s [[/strikethrough]] us.