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ON SAFARI 



a tliree-liours' tramp in the midday heat possessed no 

 terrors that morning — a nightjar rose at my feet from 

 its two eggs, lying on bare ground. This was the small 

 African species {I believe Caprimidgus donaldsoni) 

 whose loud " hoo, hoo," awakens the echoes throughout 



the livelong night. 



