-*> Ye It Conflagrations 



I was obliged to shut my eyes, and so lost my bearings. 

 I got off with a fright, however, and with nothing worse 

 than singed shoes and garments. 



Another time, just as we were hurriedly pitching our 

 tent in the evening, a sudden and violent fire broke out 

 among some dried sedge- weed in the neighbourhood, and 

 it was with the greatest difficulty that we were able to 

 save ourselves and the camp. I lost a large number of 

 specimens which could never be replaced. And it 



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so happened into the bargain that, having started our 

 march back to the coast in that time of commotion, I 

 had, for safety's sake, to throw away several hundreds 

 of cartridges. The fire soon got at these and they began 

 to explode ! 



I often saw single trunks of trees which for more 

 than a week had been smouldering by day, while at 

 night time they burned so brightly that they lit up the 

 darkness like giant lamps. 



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