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the bank, and a sharp blow with an axe divided its 

 spine. 



When the crocodile was found to be dead without 

 a doubt, its stomach was opened. Among other things, 

 too horrid to mention, there were found, inside, two arm- 

 lets and a necklace that had probably belonged to the 



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FINDING THE NECKLACE 



negro girl who had disappeared so completely while 

 washing in the river. 



Further south still, beyond the great lakes, is the 

 River Zambesi, whose branches swarm with alligators, 

 a kind of crocodile, and quite as dangerous. 



Fifty years ago, when Livingstone was travelling up 

 one of these rivers, the Leeambye, which falls into the 



