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engine-driver took no notice of our signals and 

 shouts, but at last we succeeded in attracting his 

 attention, and the train was shunted back to where 

 the ostrich had fallen. We found it to be an 

 exceptionally fine specimen, and had to exert all 

 our strength to drag it on board the train. 



"A LUCKY SHOT BROUGHT DOWN THE HUGE BIRD." 



Soon after this we reached Voi, about a hundred 

 miles from the coast, and as this was the most 

 important station on the line that we had yet come 

 to, we made a short halt in order to inspect some 

 construction work which was going on. On 

 resuming our journey, we soon discovered that a 

 pleasant change had occurred in the character of 



