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THE OSPEEY. 



As tke stalk shoots upward the leaves yield to it 

 their stored up juices, shrivel, and die. Thousands 

 of these were passed tiurinf; the day, in all stages of 

 youth, niaturit}', and old age (plate I\'). 



Continuing easterly we soon reached the limit of 

 the plateau and plunged, hy means of steep and of- 

 ten dangerous trails, abruptly down several hundred 

 feet where, for a distance of twenty miles or more. 



we traversed an undulating plain covered with Rand 

 and loose bowlders, some rounded and others 

 sharply angular, with lake-bed exposures wherever 

 the now dry water courses had been cut to a suffi- 

 cient depth. A few antelope .seen at a distance were 

 the only signs of animal life. We camped on the 

 24lh in the sand oi a ilry water course, resuming 

 our journey at 3.30 next morning. Sharply-serrated 



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