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THE WORLD'S WONDERS. 



one to the ground, the throat of which was reverently cut a mo- 

 ment after by the Arab gun-bearer with a fervent " Bismillah." 

 As it was nearly time for supper, Stanley hurried back to 

 camp to have the fresh meat prepared ; then followed a repast of 

 delicious steak, hot corn cake and Mocha coffee, with a pipe of 

 fine tobacco for desert. Glorious life in Africa ! On the fol- 

 lowing day and the next the royal sport was continued, but the 

 Winchester was too small for the lordly forest game, as only a 

 very few out of the hundreds wounded were killed. The animals 

 taken to camp during the three days' sport were two buffaloes, 



two wild boars, three 

 ^ hartebeests, one zebra, 



and one pallah ; besides 



eight 



which were shot 

 guinea-fowls, three flori- 



cans, two fish eagles, one 

 pelican, and one of the 

 men caught a couple of 

 large silurus fish. In the 

 meantime the people had 

 cut, sliced, and dried this 

 bounteous store of meat 

 for the transit through 



o 



the long wilderness be- 

 fore them. 



NARROW ESCAPE FROM A CROCODILE. 



THE HUNTER'S PARADISE. 



ONE day during the hunt Stanley came upon the bank of the 

 Yombe river, and the water looked so pure, cool and limpid that 

 he decided to take a bath. He had divested himself of his 

 clothes, and was just preparing for a headlong plunge, when he 

 saw the indistinct form of a monster crocodile glide a few feet 

 under the water and stop immediately under him, as if waiting 

 for him to spring. If he had dived, as he intended , he would have 

 gone into the very jaws of the ferocious reptile. With a shud- 

 der of horror he quickly dressed and left the seductive but dan- 

 gerous spot. 



