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lucky shots near the camp, it being too wet for me to go far 

 away to hunt . 



There was a good deal more noise in the camp the next day 

 than I cared for, partly because it had poured all night and 

 our men were delighted to welcome the dawn, and partly 

 because a number of young natives from Xyemps Mkubwa had 

 come in, hearing of the arrival of a caravan with cattle. They 

 wanted to exchange their ivory for our cattle, and treated the 

 latter as if it were already their own, stroking and patting 

 the animals, and even quarrelling about them. We laughed at 

 them in our sleeves, but did not destroy their dreams, only 

 telling them to have patience and lead us to Nyemps Mdogo, 

 where we could discuss the matter further. 



A distressing march of a couple of hours over a tract devoid 

 of grass and evidently generally sandy, though now a mere sea 

 of mud, with a few isolated acacias here and there, brought us 

 to our camping-place near Nyemps Mdogo. 



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