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THE WORLD'S WONDERS. 



On the following day, while the cattle were grazing in the 

 beautiful park-like ground about a mile from head-quarters, some 

 Baris, who had stealthily approached the herd by stalking from 

 bush to bush without being observed by the sleepy guards, made 



a sudden rush, with loud yells, among the cattle, and succeeded 

 in driving off ten cows, with which they swam the river without 

 a shot being fired by the unready soldiers. 



Every night after this there was an attack upon the kraal, and 

 during one of these several of the savages were killed and others 



