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so as nearly to overturn it. The force of the butt tilted Mash- 

 auana, ona of the natives, out into the river ; the rest sprang to 



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the shore, which was only about ten yards off. Glancing back, 

 Livingstone saw the hippopotamus come to the surface a short 

 way off, and look to the canoe, as if to see if she had done much 

 mischief. It was a female, whose young one had been speared 



