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far exceed in describing their sensations the poetry 

 of words expressed in our tongue. 



However, the yelp of some jackals and the howl 

 of a hyaena broke the charm, and from dreams of 

 spirit land, and surmises of what its inhabitants re- 

 sembled, I was brought abruptly back to my position 

 and surroundings. In a few minutes after the light 

 emanating from the camp fires was visible ; soon we 

 gained its vicinity, and so terminated the labour of 

 the day. 



Camp is very lonely now for me, although my 

 people do their utmost to make it otherwise. The 

 numerous little delicate attentions that they often pay 

 cause me frequently to compare them more than 

 favourably with my own race, and as for selfishness, 

 they appear to be entirely without it. One day 

 Sunday brought me some of a delicious plum-like 

 fruit ; it had the taste of a raisin, yet was acid. I 

 asked him why he did not bring more. " It was all," 

 he said ; "three or four days have more." And he 

 brought the "more" — about a dozen — at the termi- 

 nation of the period mentioned. 



Again, we came across some wonderful mush- 

 rooms — quite as large in circumference as fashion- 

 able ladies' parasols — my henchman fetched them 

 all home and deposited them in my hut, although 

 there were far more than I could possibly consume, 

 and his people were as partial to them as myself, 

 A dozen of these little attentions I could enumerate. 



