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my camels and took them for Ogaden, and they 

 were lying behind a bnsh watching for a chance 

 to steal one or two. My men had kept a better 

 look out and spotted the strangers, got round 

 behind them, so that they were between my 

 camels and my zereba (which was about half a 

 mile off) and the two stalkers ; they got right up 

 to them, then put up their carbines and said they 

 would shoot if the men moved, took them prison- 

 ers, collared their spears, and brought them in. 

 They were known to some of my men (I have ten 

 Habr Unis with me), in fact, they belong to the 

 same Jcaria as Karshia, one of my lot. There 

 was no doubt that they would not have touched 

 the camels bad they known them to belong to a 

 Sahib, so their spears were returned and they are 

 now feasting with my lot. They tell me all the 

 Habr Unis braves are on the war path about two 

 marches off, and that there has been much rain 

 further on, but not enough for me to find water. 

 As I write, an alarm — men seen on road close to 

 zereba. My men went out after them with a 

 rush. They recognised Karshia's voice and 

 called out to him by name. More Habr Unis 

 on the look out for Ogaden — eight of them. One 



