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spotted by the does, and had to sit still for about 

 twenty minutes. Shot him in front of shoulder, 

 facing me, 500 ex. Horns indifferent. Had a 

 shot at another, 180 yards, went high. Almost 

 all of my cartridges for 500 are loaded with a 

 batch of rank bad powder. Shoots very low, 

 little recoil, and the ballet does not break up 

 fairly in a beast. 



8th March, Thursday. — Marched for Lehelu. 

 Went to look up yesterday's gerenoulc, found it 

 gone. Men's tracks ; took them up and came on 

 Ahmed and another in the act of cutting it up, 

 As Ahmed (the head man of the Dubino harair 

 has had many presents from me, and as I had 

 especially warned him about removing my game 

 I was angry. He was wearing a brand new tobe 

 I had given him and a spear. I took both, and 

 left him to return in Garden of Eden dress. 

 Went out on Lehelu plain in the evening after a 

 head of aouL The Abyssiniaus had made them 

 very wary. However, I got a shot at about 250 

 yards with 303, and hit a doe in the neck. It 

 was the one I aimed at. I could not tell her from 

 a buck. Horns 13 inches. Missed a gerenouk 

 500 ex., running (100 yards), in bush. 



