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to contain himself any longer, and uncertain whether I 

 saw the quarry, splashed over to me. In a trice the 

 herd was off. I very foolishly followed. I heard here, 

 as elsewhere, that if I had sat still the giraffe, which 

 are very curious, would have come back in about half- 

 an-hour to see what had frightened them. A stern chase 

 is a long one. I do not mean that I introduced my 

 bootmaker to the man who spoiled my shot, though, 

 indeed, he doubly deserved it. I came upon them 

 once, and finally gave them up and returned to the 

 boat, on the way shooting two fair - sized tiang. 

 Neither head, however, was as big as the ones I 

 already had. 



