Yelt Conflagrations 



I was obliged to shut mv eves, and so lost mv bearings. 



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I got oH 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 lire 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 



so happened into the bargain that, having started our 

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

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

 ol cartridges. The lire soon got at these and they beg, in 

 to explode ! 



I often saw single, trunks ot trees which for more 

 than a week hail been smouldering by day. while at 

 night time they burned so brightly that they lit up the 

 darkness like giant lamps. 



