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`` Gholab , '' he said that afternoon , `` we are going to push for Kenia as hard as we can . Can we push the oxen day and night ? '' `` Easily , sahib . Halt for three hours at dawn , at noon , and at nightfall . This will rest the beasts well , and the rest of the time we can march . There will be a good moon for a week yet . '' The Masai seemed to make little of a forced march , and so it was agreed upon .