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hope that the disturbed buffalo would come to the water; but all 

 to no purpose. There was ample opportunity of watching the 

 busy ants, the many butterflies, the red and steel-blue wasps, or 

 the dung-beetles, as with hind legs they pushed their ball of 

 dung over all and every obstacle in search of a suitable spot to 

 leave it guarding the egg. Nothing else appeared, and very 

 annoying it was finally to leave the Kowie bush without bagging 

 a buffalo. 



