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where there flowed a fresh, sweet stream, between 

 banks clothed with many kinds of fern. During 

 this trek Captain Williams strolled on ahead of 

 the waggon and " spider." Suddenly a fine sable 

 antelope emerged from the bush on to the road, and 



Passages in the life of one of our boys. In the pantry. 



stood for a minute or two looking at my friend 

 not sixty yards away. Alas ! Captain Williams 

 had no arm save a walking-stick, and the antelope 

 passed slowly away unharmed. This kind of 

 vexatious event always occurs when the rifle is 

 left behind. You carry a rifle for days and see 



