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charge and I ought to feel the responsibility, as I think I do. Pongo and Diedrick 

 have done unusual work to-day and were more tired than they thought. I'll let 

 them sleep till it is almost time to change the guard, and then wake them up so as 

 to save their reputation, unless some danger appears 



The thought had hardly found expression, when a rustling in the tall grass, just 



LION. 



beyond the area of illumination, warned Dick that the utmost watchfulness was 

 required. By this time, the moon was so low in the heavens that it gave scarcely 

 any light at all. 



In the direction of the stream was a rank growth of high grass, which offered 

 the best of hiding for wild animals. This fact had been so apparent to the party, 

 when forming camp, that they had moved several rods back from the water, where 



