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ments of a native canoe. There were many canoes on the rivei, 

 several of which immediately went to the assistance of the two 

 men who were struggling in the water. A hippopotamus had 

 wantonly charged the canoe ; and seizing it in his mouth, together 



with the poor old blind sheik, who could not avoid the danger, 

 crunched the frail boat to pieces, and so crushed and lacerated 

 the old man that, although he was rescued by his comrades, he 

 died during the night;" 



