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at 400 yards range. The second ran a long way before he 
lay down, and stalking up behind him, I caught him under 
the eye as he rose, killing him instantaneously. 
It was now 2 p.m., so that we had all our work cut out 
to strip off the skins, cut off the meat, and get home before 
dark. However, at 3 p.m. I started, and arrived in camp 
at dusk, the camel laden with meat arriving an hour 
afterwards. Stanford had spent the day trying to come up 
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with ostriches, whose fresh track he had followed without 
success until late in the afternoon. 
Next day, Sultan Muther, head of the tribe of Habr 
Yunis, came with twenty of his headmen, on horseback, 
and gave us a tomasho, or display of horsemanship and 
sham fighting. We presented him with 20 rupees, an 
umbrella, a razor, and a Jubilee medal. It was fearfully 
hot watching the tomasho, and the dust was almost unbear- 
able. 
After his display, we turned out all our men, and gave 
