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twills. Iraves and grass, and were fairly uniform in 



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size. 



The lake had an irresistible attraction for us, and in 

 whichever direction the party started it always found 

 its way round to some part of the lake shore. It was 

 a 1 \\avs instructive and often of absorbing interest to 

 watch the birds in the thickets, the wading birds in the 



The Silent Lake, the home of the hippopotamus. 

 The birds are the sacred Ibis. 



water, and in the cool of the afternoon the school of 

 hippopotamuses in the lake. These huge animals 

 cautiously approached the shore for the purpose of 

 reaching the rich green grass which grew so luxuriantly 

 along the banks of the terminal section of the river : 

 then they would slowly raise their huge heads, which 

 look like logs of wood floating on the surface of the 



