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COWS being the highest form of riches known, — so that the 

 missionary was frequently asked by the natives, " if Queen 

 Victoria had many cows." 



Thus the Kalahari desert, besides supporting multitudes of 

 animals, both small and large, adds its mite to the market of 

 the .world, and has afforded a refuge to many a fugitive tribe, 

 which, though contending with many privations in its new 

 abodes, found there at least the blessing of freedom from an 

 alien yoke. 



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