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C. went out this evening to try to shoot some Zebra but failed to get any. As I was coming in in the dark this evening 2 lions roared quite close. We must put out some Zebra tomorrow and have a good try for them. There was a heavy rain storm this evening.
[[underlined]] Jan 12. [[/underlined]] 
A heavy bag for the game book today. Away at dawn. Soon after C & I separated I saw a couple of wildebeest coming down the hill behind him, so ran & cut them off and killed the biggest - a poor head. I followed the course of the water which is almost dry & only a succession of water holes. About 5 miles from camp I saw a single wildebeest standing. An easy stalk and a short [[strikethrough]] stalk [[/strikethrough]] crawl took me within 80 yards and I killed him stone dead through the neck. To my joy I found he was the one I wounded yesterday. I cant understand it. The bullet must have passed right through his heart if he had one & had expanded properly. I was very glad to put him out of his misery. A little farther on[[strikethrough]] e [[/strikethrough]] I came across a good