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and he bounded into the thicket, but he was a beauti- 

 ful creature. 



Our camp was made in a shady grove. The donkeys 

 came in very late and tired. 



In the afternoon Cuninghame and I went upstream 

 to the pass whence we looked down the length of an- 

 other narrow valley, widening between the hiUs. It 

 headed against ours, but on the other side of the low 

 transverse range. Here at 120 yards I hit a Bohur 

 doe low in the shoulder, and brought her down by 

 a second, running, shot at 80. Then we made a high 

 climb up the mountain to our left, and found at last 

 a rounded grassy summit on which were many Chan- 

 ler 's reedbuck. These graceful, and generally shy, crea- 

 tures, bounded all about us, stopping within a few 

 yards, and uttering their high shrill whistles. East, 

 north, and south were spread before us fine big tumbled 

 hills and mountains, through the smoke of many grass 

 fires. West extended a boundless plain, undulating 

 and black with brush and fire. The sun struck in bars 

 through the smoke, and the distance was lost in haze. 



Got back to camp at dark to find it well stung by 

 bees. An enterprising porter had found a bee tree too 

 near, and had got everybody in trouble. After dark 

 they went at it again and got a quantity of black, 

 grubby honey. 



Five hours; loj miles; elevation, 6,100; morning, 

 50; noon (?); night, 65. 



