THE BUPHACA AFR1CANA. 



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For a minute or two longer he could hear the animal tearing through the grass, 

 though nothing could be seen of him, nor could the eye follow his course. Even 

 the alarm-bird was not visible, and Bob could not help suspecting that the little 

 sentinel had settled down to rest, under the belief that no danger threatened its 

 gigantic friend 



