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IN THE GRIP OF THE NYIKA CHAP. 



after making its way to the river bank. It was 

 no wonder that I could not find him, as he must 

 even then have been in the maw of the crocodile, 

 which of course had caught him and dragged him 

 under as soon as he attempted to struggle across the 

 stream. 



" BENT ALMOST TO A RIGHT ANGLE BY THE CROCODILE." 



After considerable trouble Abbudi recovered his 

 spear from the river bed, but found that the soft 

 blade had been bent almost to a right angle by the 

 crocodile when he grabbed it out of his hand, as is 

 clearly shown in the photograph. 



The natives, with their usual happy knack for 

 names, called this place "Kampi ya Mamba" 



