BACK TO AFRICA. 



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''I'll give you a bottle of rum if you can." Thurs- 

 day's eyes sparkled at the mere thought, as he answered, 

 •'I will drop to the ground, and before the elephants 



LOOK ! 



can reach the tree from where they are now grazing, Avill 

 fasten my girdle to the box, so that you can draw it up, 

 and get back again in safety." 



