GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF AFRICA. 



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watery footsteps imprinted in the swamp. Numerous buffaloes, 

 zebras, giraffes, boars, kudu antelopes, and other animals come here 

 at nightfall to quench their thirst. 



The shores and surface of the lake are alive with an amazing 



HIPPOPOTAMUS IN ITS NATIVE HAUNTS. 



number of aquatic birds— black swans, ducks, sacred ibises, cranes, 

 and pelicans; high overhead, watchful for their prey, hover kites 

 and fish eagles; while the shore is vocal with the loud call of the 

 guinea-fowl, the honrse scream of the toucan, the cooing of the 

 pigeons, the hoot oi ihe owl mingling with the cry of the snipe and 



