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mile & cut them off & got 2 nice rams with my new maulicher, one with quite a good head running hard about 150 yards off. 
Very pleased with the effect of the maulicher. Turkey & plum pudding & a pint of champagne for dinner. 
Dec 25. Xmas day.
Rather late getting off the first day but managed to start the Safari by 6 am. . A very long & very hard day about 24 miles over awful rocks & loose stones up & down hill. Fortunately there was a nice breeze but the sun was a scorcher & our knees are terribly sore. We had to come the distance as there is no water before & the country is terribly dried up & dusty. 
A very severe day for the first one & our thirst was something to dream of at home. 
C shot a kongoni on the way. I stalked and hit a nice Grant with a good head, but unfortunately he just managed to reach the bush very sick and I could not find him anywhere. Poor devil - the Jackals will eat him tonight.
We are encamped in a hot & dusty valley