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AFRICAN HUNTING. 
might have been kept there for a couple of days or 
more; he is quite proud of his feat. 
29th. — Yesterday afternoon we outspanned close 
to the river, within a few hundred yards of where 
elephants had drunk the previous, night, and we 
made all ready for a hunt this morning ; and I was 
awakened at dawn by hearing loud cries from the 
Masaras, over the river, that the elephants had 
drunk there in the night. We swam the horses 
over with the aid of a canoe. The river is about 
300 yards across, but the bottom is good, and the 
stream is not strong. The water is deliciously cold 
and clear — a great treat in this desert land. 
