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"One point but apparently played
me to pass on being looking
forward to the scrub away
from the river. After she'd
gone well ahead it flew
up tops as if danger. The
rest of the land I saw a few
100 yards further down along
along the open sand and rock
beach which it followed for an
hours sitting on the top of
an exposed rock back to which
I did not move to stalk the bird
but did not get a shot. This bird
was seen at 10 AM.
In the
evening I again returned
to hunt sea fowls at 5 P.M.,
but saw none after that. The sky
was partly overcast, as it
was shading at lots with
river mile ahead a splashing
with water opposite our tent
animals swimming widely side
by side enjoying the water themselves.
They seemed to be in full flight.
I left the water when I saw
they were after red mullets. It