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small range of hills south-west of our camp, the highest 
of these being about 1600 feet; on the march we 
obtained plenty of water, and the dew from the bushes 
wetted us to the skin in the early morning. As we 
proceeded, the colour of the soil changed from sandy 
brown to a bright red, most dazzling and trying to 
the eyes. Nothing was seen on the march except 
monkeys, but some natives who visited our camp said 
we were likely to come across giraffe, liartebeest, and 
other animals soon, as it had been raining heavily up 
country and the game was moving down. 
The elevation of our camp was about 1100 feet, and 
the weather being showery, our men encircled us with 
grass huts for the night. Three porters tried to run 
away, but two were caught and handcuffed; I asked 
Martin why he did not flog runaways, but he said 
flogging had no effect, and the best plan was to put 
them on half rations and give them extra heavy loads 
to carry. Though several of the men had fever to-day, 
on the whole they marched better, and were evidently 
getting gradually harder. 
December 16 th, ijth. —5.30 a.m. saw us again on 
the move, the path leading through the same sort of 
country as yesterday; some buffalo and antelope tracks 
were discovered, and B-shot a small gazelle about 
the size of a hare (Neotragus KirJcii); this we cooked 
for dinner, and found the meat excellent. After a 
march of about fifteen miles we came to Ziwani (by 
the water hole), where, to our great disappointment, 
only enough water was found to fill two or three 
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