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animal, much more dangerous, invariably 

 charoinsr when molested. 



Naturally, on arriving at Glola our first 

 business had been to order refreshment for 

 man and beast, and I know nothing more 

 trying than the difficulty of obtaining the 

 merest necessaries at large and prosperous 

 villages, when they are the end of a long 

 journey. The whole of the last long half of 

 your way — hungry, thirsty, and tired — you 

 have been consoling yourself with the thought 

 that however wearisome those last ten versts 

 may be, there is a fixed time at which, if you 

 only persevere, you may slake your thirst and 

 rest your weary limbs. What is the reality ? 

 When you have struggled to your goal, you 

 find no house to take you in for some time, 

 no food to buy, for there are no shops or 

 bazaars, and often even the water is a good 

 long step from the village. Then when you 

 have thrown down your things on the bare 



