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fired at one of the fugitives with his revolver & struck it in the shoulder. The pig ran faster. I then fired with my rifle & despite the fact that I was lucky enough to hit it on the foreleg & smash it ran still harder. Hynes fired again but missed & just as it was nearing shelter & safety I fired again and shot it through the back. It dropped dead just at the door of its impregnable home. This is my third pig – a record for the camp.
Tuesday. 3rd Nov
Most of the men left the barracks to bring in a wireless pole. At two o'clock two parties left here, - one (so I believe) to raise the British flag at Petershafen & the other as a punitive expedition to Alexishafen. Only two men were taken out of "H" & of course I was not one of these. We nevertheless had a little excitement tonight for the timber getters not returning by eight oclock, a search party was sent out to find them. Pulling up the harbour we were