A QUICK TRIP THROUGH " THE BUSH.'' 



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*' friends of flowers," as they are poetically called there, 

 each tempted a few bees, and shut them in safely. 

 None of the white men interfered in this danfrerous 



LEAVING nni, LIKE MAZEPPA, AT THE BEAST S MERCY. 



operation, nor did w^e understand its object, but watched 

 with admiration while they handled these peppery little 

 fellows without a sting. 



When each had captured about a dozen, the chief 



