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larger than cither of the other two, which they know by the 

 name of u Siruku," and describe emphatically as a a very bad 

 animal." They say that this Siruku is extremely ferocious and 

 dangerous to life. It is a striped beast, and, curiously enough, 



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when 1 was endeavouring to ascertain if the zebra existed on 

 the Mandingo Plateau and showed them pictures of zebras 

 they called them at first u siruku," and said, "That is the 

 bad animal in our country that kills so many human beings." 

 When I explained that the zebra was merely a striped horse, 



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