WITH FLASH-LIGHT AND RIFLE 



THE SACRED IBIS 



our camp. The vitality of the African game far sur- 

 passes that of the European animals, just as the native 

 is stronger, has greater power of endurance and greater 

 animal vigor than the white man, whose wounds, for 

 instance, heal up much more slowly than those of his 

 black brother. 



Pursuing the gnu we are again led into the swamp by 

 its tracks, unintentionally frightening the winged in- 

 habitants — the hammer-headed stork, the snow-white 

 heron, the Egyptian goose, the jacana, the spur-winged 

 lapwing, and others. 



Now the tracks bring us again on dry land. Through 

 woods of ' salvadora, acacia and terminalia, we reach 



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