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[previous page torn from diary here]1st AugustYesterday 20 camels & 14 natives turned up here & were put on our strength & apparently we own them body & soul now & have to pay them & everything. Hence much heart burning. Today one of our chaps has gone mad & no one knows whether it is real & whether he is "working his ticket: This afternoon he got a shovel & started digging holes all over the place. One old chap here is very frightened of him as he has marked out a
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