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IN AFRICA 



and reeds six or eight feet tall, while the edges of 

 the river were thickly wooded with small trees tan- 







A waiting the Charge 



gled together and interlacing their branches over 

 the narrow but deep waters of the Nzoia. 



Down in the jungle depths of this peninsula 

 there was a violent commotion among the low 

 branches of these trees, an indication that the ani- 



