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crest, perched unheedingly within a few feet of us. Here 

 and there a dense growth of the tall and singularly grace- 

 ful papyrus rose out of the water, the feathery heads, which 

 crowned the long smooth green stems, waving gently to 

 and fro. 



We scanned the waters carefully, and could see no sign 

 of hippos, and, still proceeding with the utmost caution, we 



Judd permanganating the beater who was mauled b.y the leopard 

 Front a photograph by II'. A". McMillan 



moved a hundred yards farther down to another lookout. 

 Here the Masai detected a hippo head a long way off on 

 the other side of the pool; and we again drew back and 

 started cautiously forward to reach the point opposite which 

 he had seen the head. 



But we were not destined to get that hippo. Just as 

 we had about reached the point at which we had intended 

 to turn in toward the pool, there was a succession of snorts 

 in our front and the sound of the trampling of heavy feet 



