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was digging a hole, and was hardly everal
minutes when he escaped out about
40 yards away. My should have given
him a name for it but he disappeared
over a hill & we lost sight of him.
Thursday July 1st
Today we both remained six camps to
give our horses a rest for they had had
some hard days. I worked my suspicions
and wrote all day. It was very hot
at the same time cool under the shade
of our blue fly, Our beds are not directly
in the sun shake no matter how hot the
sun is - certainly this is a country
of weather extremes. There has hardly
been a night wherein we could not have
been comfortable in our fur bags and
even then we have had to try to get with all
our clothes on even did it as mild summer
even. We sleep outside under the fly
wherever it does not rain & always an
is perfectly wonderful, as fresh as a
drink of ice cold water & a thirsty man.
Wed.
July 2
Today I went out my pony with
twenty ft in our white cart horse. Another
manyl accompanied us to take what
meat we did not want.
I got an antelope out of there which we
saw an hour after leaving camp,
a river later I saw five & I hit
two. Both had turksh legs - me a