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ting safely to the other side. I then made my way 
cautiously through the belt of trees, and was relieved 
to find that it was only half a mile or so broad. | 
REEDBUCK, 
dismounted: as I neared the further side, and, tying 
my pony to a tree, crept quietly forward, expecting 
to see the eland not far off; but to my disappoint- 
ment there was no trace of game of any kind on the 
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