* I auna : Mammals 



ami the white-necked crow is seen occasionallv. Crocodiles of 

 no great si/e lie on the mud-hanks, and a few cololnis ami 

 mangabey nionkevs swish through the tangle of mangrove roots 



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and branches. But all along the coast it is the same story : 

 a marked absence of wild life from native towns, gardens, 

 plantations, uncultivated bush, and dense forest. One reason 

 for this scarcity of life is the perpetual hunger that seems to 



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