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IN THE GRIP OF THE NYIKA 



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took us under some of these, and the branches being- 

 low, one had to be on the alert to avoid a collision. 

 I was riding quietly along as usual, just ahead of 

 Mrs. B., when I heard a crash behind me, and look- 

 ing round saw that she had been dragged off her 

 pony by an overhanging bough, while, to make 



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"OK TERHAPS A STEINBUCK. 



matters worse, her foot was entangled in the stirrup. 

 Luckily, the pony stood perfectly still, and she was 

 quickly released from her perilous position, none the 

 worse for her heavy fall. 



Soon after this incident we made our way along 

 the bed of a stream called the Kicheney, and at 



