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quotations from Horace, so that a stray line here and 

 there is all that my memory retains. If I remember 

 something more of Integer vitae, it is because we used 

 to sing it occasionally to a well-known hymn tune 

 in the old school Choral Society. Well ! I dare say 

 this was not the first time that a criminal owed his life 

 to a moment's sentiment. That this one lived to lead 

 a better life is more than I will venture to affirm. 



On the 13th August we returned to Kotunwein 

 and thence despatched three camels to Berbera for 

 the remainder of the men's rations, a portion having 

 been left behind so as not to tax the camels too heavily 

 at starting. 



When shooting near camp I used sometimes to take 

 out a camel to carry game. One day about this time 

 the camel objected to carrying a nice aoul I had shot, 

 and the gurgling brute proceeded to buck-jump in 

 the most ridiculous fashion until he had the buck off. 

 Of course such insubordination could not be tolerated, 

 and after some trouble we managed to fasten it on 

 again so securely that, although the fractious oont did 

 his best, he could not get rid of it again. 



On the I4th I went to spend the night at a kai^ia 

 six miles away, the inhabitants having reported a 

 leopard which was much too regular in his visits for 

 their fancy. They told me here, also, that they had 

 lost several lambs and one or two full-grown goats 

 killed by a jackal. 



The leopard failed to keep his appointment, so I 

 gave the same karia another trial the following night, 

 when I was treated to an interesting sample of the 



