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ON SAFARI 



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wuter, survey the laiuliiig place, and open their mouths 

 as if -yawuino' at beiiii>' kept waitiuy for their meal of 

 grass. 



On one occasion we stayed so long l)y the hike that 

 darkness came on before we reached the camping 

 ground : those in charge were anxious on our account 

 and fired a warning gun, to \vhieh we replied, and were 

 thaidcful for the guidance of a lamp which the askari 

 had fixed in a tree. 







The kitten of the Sfi\al Cat, though pi'etty, is a ferocious 

 little brute ; it scratches and bites velienientlj'. 



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