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close at feet. When I worked in the room at the 

 hotel they lay on the floor or played near my table 

 and made no effort to rush away to the many temp- 

 tations of the warm sunshine outside. I became 

 much attached to them. Such steadfast devotion 

 from strange dogs is always flattering. 



Then our ship, the Umzuiribi> South Africa to 

 Bombay, came into the harbor and anchored a quar- 



The Two Dogs of Mombasa 



ter of a mile out from the custom-house dock. We 

 decided to go out and visit her and accordingly shut 

 the door to prevent the two little dogs from join- 

 ing us. Before we reached the dock they were 

 with us, however, having escaped some way or 

 other. And when we got into the rowboat to go out 

 they looked appealingly after us from the dripping 

 steps of the boat landing. We were sorry, but 

 really we couldn't take them to the ship. 



Suddenly there was a splash, and one of the little 



