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meal upon him. This is contradiction of the West 

 Indian nigger's assertion, " Dog no eat dog, massa, 

 no nevar." 



After this episode the ravens dropped behind, 

 but the vultures followed me into camp, where they 

 perched upon the few withered adjoining mimosas, 

 drew their heads down close between their wings, 

 and by their manner expressed a willingness to await 

 results, as if the chances were, in their belief, five 

 to one in their favour ; but the carrion-eating brutes 

 were out of their reckoning this time, for my poor 

 dog, after enduring many a day of sickness, swallowing 

 a dose of croton oil of no infinitesimal quantity, 

 and quite a box of Hollo way's pills, recovered 

 sufficiently to keep up with the wagon, but it 

 was a long time before he again took an interest 

 in springbok and duikers. 



