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DAYS AND NIGHTS BY THE DESERT. 



but Chummy did not evidently think the same. 

 For why ? Cigar, who only arrived at the kraal 

 this morning, having heard of the depredations of 

 the veteran lion, to while away time at once went 

 in pursuit of him, and succeeded in giving the 

 beast a wound, the severity of which we hope to 

 learn in the morning. 





