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Our carts arrived at 6 P.M. and
encamped on a patch of ground a
hundred yards from the well.
It was raining hard when we arrived
and there was no possibility of hunting,
Monday, some of the horses had stayed
during the night and it took the same
hours to find them. All day the
rain continued with intermittent
flashes of sunlight and we stayed
in camp all day. I got a remembrance
of a splendid caravan of camels
which came in the well to drink.
We caught 5 or 10 Damasters in
the long bunch grass near the water.
Ran about early afternoon and they were all
singles very wild. After two hours
riding saw a herd of 20 and
had a fruit run. Shot one which
went big & my pony ran it down.
Shrunkled it & half an hour later
got another from same herd
which had not gone far.
After this we saw many antelope
& had half a dozen hard gallops,
but they were all very wild. Two
of two animals. Saw me jumping
dutele running with 2 fimbles (the
first time we have seen them)
Together the rate I could go as fast