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IN THE GRIP OF THE NYIKA chap. 



men ^ot to the kill before us there would not have 

 been a morsel of that much-prized meat left for 

 the safari. Of course we did not let them touch 

 the carcase until our men had cut off all the meat 

 they could carry ; but even then there was enough 

 left on the huge bones to start a fierce quarrel among 



" lOVES TO MAKE HIMSELF A RUDE SHELTER. 



the ravenous Wakamba, who all this time had 

 sat eyeing the dead beast like so many vultures. 

 The true savagery of the native of this part of 

 Africa comes to the fore when he is engaged in 

 hacking off lumps of flesh from a slaughtered 

 beast. The demon-like expression of ferocity 

 that comes over his countenance when he sees 



