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story to account for this strange sight. It was said that when January, 

 the buffalo came to drink, a lion sprung upon him, and both ^^'^^- 

 rolling into the water together, they were seized by a crocodile. 

 He, in his turn, was dragged about twenty yards from the bank 

 by the struggles of the two beasts, and there the trio perished 

 in an inextricable entanglement. 



I also saw an enormous crane of a bluish-gray color, looking 

 a king among birds, being by far the lai'gest I had ever seen, 

 with the exception of the ostrich. 



