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each of his eight feet in a blossom, trying to keep his balance 

 until he could reach solid ground again. 



Agami Herons, 39 beautiful in their plumage of glossy 

 green, chestnut and blue, were standing here and there in 



FIG. 90 SCENE ON THE BARRABARRA< 



the shallows snatching the insects from the petals as they 

 floated past. 



At four o'clock in the afternoon we left the Barramanni 

 River which had averaged about two hundred feet in width, 



