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who could have reached me under a minute. I think he might have sent me word as I might possibly have got a shot at the other when Bates turned them back. Considering all the luck he has had, it seems a little hard.
However perhaps it may turn some day. He and I stalked 2 waterbuck afterwards & he had the shot but failed to get one. We worked up the River after, but saw nothing though there was heaps of lion [[strikethrough]] spoor [[/strikethrough]] and Hippo spoor.
We went out in the evening & while I lost a fair waterbuck, knocking him clean over twice & only losing him owing to the dark - C met an out of the way good one & killed him. It has been the same all through the month, and his luck has been phenominal. Most of his heads are just on records while mine are ordinary. The porters arrived with a mail - a small one - this afternoon. It is good to have letters.
Tomorrow we start back for Nairobi.

[[underlined]] Jan 21. [[/underlined]]

A long trek back to an old water hole in the