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prises in the defection of A. and M., my shikaris, who 

 insisted on returning to their homes, and the failure of 

 the men who purchased my ten camels to supply me 

 with five on hire, which they had accepted as a 

 distinct condition of the sale, and spontaneously 

 ratified with uplifted hands and unintelligible oaths. 

 Captain T. very kindly wired to Roseires for two 

 shikaris at 3 'per mensem, each to meet me on the 

 shooting-grounds at Suleil, but the defaulting camel- 

 men could not be instantaneously replaced, and 

 although quite prepared for marching in the after- 

 noon, I was unable to do so. 



May 24:th, Found my new -350 rifle much rusted, 

 due to my having left it in the leg-of-mutton case. 

 By the joint exertions of Mr. M., the Inspector, and 

 the Mamur, the five camels arrived shortly after 

 midday. We got off at 3 p.m. and marched till dark, 



8 miles, to Guzair, seeing no game at all. It was a wet 

 night, so we put up in the tukul of the Sheikh, to 

 whom I gave a silk scarf in the morning. 



May 25th. Got ofE at 5 a.m. and marched till 



9 a.m. 9 miles, to Karkog. There was a market 

 there, and I gave the camel-men one dollar advance 

 apiece. Saw four sand-grouse and an oribi en route, 

 but my guns were on the camels. Got off again at 

 3 p.m. and marched until more than an hour after 

 dark, some 10 miles, to Khalifa. Saw four oribi, and 



