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allow him to confine himself to his particular residence. Fifty times in as many minutes he climbs to an adjacent post and from there skips on to the back of a friendly horse. It can realise the relation between cause and effect, at any rate whenever the rope by which he is tethered becomes twisted over some projection and limits the field of his operations he immediately investigates and sets matters right. Sometimes seeing that trouble will ensue he rectifies matters at once. Apart from their semi-human traits that which always presents itself to me as the most striking characteristic of these animals is their unceasing activity. They do the same things over & over again. Yet anything new will always secure their attention.
Sunday 4/4/15. We are off at last. Yesterday evening we left Mena Camp about 4:30 and marched into Cairo. Here we were entrained & came went on to Alexandria.