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and they were the most extraordinary & interesting sight. If I had only had my panorama camera with me.
I & my gun bearer skinned away hard till it was too dark to see, but even with the arrival of 10 porters from Camp, we could not turn the gigantic beast over to finish skinning his neck. So I returned to camp by the light of the new moon & sent out an Askari with a lamp & another boy with an axe.
A late dinner & late to bed in consequence.
[[underline]] Jan 5. [[/underline]]
A morning off as rising at 4.30 was getting rather a grind, we had a long lie till 6 am. C & I then went away to hunt an enormous ridge on the other side of the valley. We had a very long & stiff climb but found nothing but 1 Rhino & a few small Buck. I found the Rhino & sent for C as I do not want one unless a big one & he killed it with one shot in the neck. It was a cow & quite a small one. Got back to camp about 3 after some hard hours climbing, the boys with the mules