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to camp. He is evidently coming out of the forest to drink close by. A little warmer this afternoon but only one hour's sun. The heapara informs me that tomorrow is the Swahili xmas. This is news, but I fear they must trek all the same
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A very hard day. Off at 5:50 and only reached Rum-Rutti & encamped at 2:30. 8 hours & 50 mins with one halt of about 30 minutes. The path was alright but the ground is terribly hard & stony. I have skinned 4 toes and am weary. We came along at a good steady 3 miles an hour, so must have done over 20 miles. About 10 minutes from our camp we found the remains of a bush-buck our friend the lion had killed & eaten last night. I heard him grunting & growling more than once. We came fast through a big belt of forest & emerged into pretty open thorn scrub. Here I saw Eland & Zebra & had a stalk, but on getting close found only one bull with a moderate head, so left them in the hope of finding something better presently. We came on the fresh tracks of an elephant with this morning's droppings. He appeared