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Quite close [[strikethrough]] from [[/strikethrough]] to the place we had to come from. That made 3 lions & 2 lionesses seen this morning quite close to camp, & never a shot.
C then went down stream & I went up. A long ^[[insertion]] way [[/insertion]] from camp I came across a small herd of Eland with a splendid big bull. I had a long stalk round as they had seen us and I had to climb an almost precipitous ironstone ridge. The stones were too hot to touch & the thorns awful, but I got within 200 yards to find I could only see cows, the old bull being behind a large bush. After about 5 minutes I tried to change my position but they saw me & made off. 
However they came into the open & the bull stood still for a second giving me a broadside shot at something over 500 yards and I put a bullet right into his shoulder, completely paralysing him and I walked up to him & shot him through the heart. A fine beast, but not such a good head as my last one.
I got back to camp at 2 pm. - quite beat. The heat is terrific & the sun tremendous. I found C had got a Gerenuk with a very good head, also a moderate [[strikethrough]] head [[/strikethrough]] pig. He had lost a Giraffe & been charged by 2 rhino. He proposes spending the night in a