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we always did so, and the small supply of 

 flour they had brought with them, was by 

 this time all exhausted ; no matter how 

 successful we were in shooting, by the 

 evening of the next day, not a scrap of any- 

 thing was left, and we were too far from 

 the cantonments to be able to purchase 

 supplies. As long as we had our health, and 

 could daily come across large game, all was 

 right, but let us only be prevented from 

 shooting for a couple of days, the 

 camp would be destitute of provisions ; 

 however, I trusted to God's goodness to 

 keep us from such dire calamity, and I 

 think from this time, we made better bags 

 than we had done before. The truth I 

 suppose was, that we were getting more 

 accustomed to the work, and could now fire 

 at the largest game without getting flurried 

 in the least. 



