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ON SAFARI 



We encamped under a grove of huge umbrella- 

 topped acacias that, at a little distance, remind one of 

 Scotch firs at home. 



♦V^t..,; 



GIRAFFE BULL AT BARINGO. 



The country around our camp was thin forest of 

 thorn and juniper, opening out into low loose mimosa- 

 scrub, easy to traverse ; and beyond this, towards the 

 lake, stretched leagues of level grassy plain. It was upon 

 this last that we now got really in touch with Oryx 



