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Thursday
June 24
In the morning went out early with
a man who had guaranteed to show us a
wolf den. But he was careless
of an antelope which it was to poison and
that two traps, we found the hole, about
5 miles away, & fur hair upon tracks
showed that it had unquestionably
been occupied by a wolf, but the sign
was by no means fresh. Therefore, we
had small hopes of getting a wolf alive
we set the traps up & put out the poisoned
carcass.
We saw a number of antelope but
they were all single & very wild -
We had a hard day's hunt & a disap-
pointing one for the antelope wound
but let us approach near enough for
a decent shot. They had evidently been
too much hunted lately & we decided to
move camp. We got two more polecats
on the manister traps.
Friday
June 25?
We rose at 4 A.M. but did not get away
til 7. It seems impossible to get away
on time after a long stay in camp.
The old hunter whose point is near me
asked us & came for a cup of tea when
we left so we rode over while the carts
kept to the road. The interior of the
gymn was so dirty, the preparations
for tea were so unprepared, that we
excused ourselves in the presence of