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assumed a finer growth. It is a slender tree with small 

 leaves of a very dark green ; it attains a height of 30 ft. 

 and the wood is strong, but of extraordinary lightness ; 



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the combined qualities render it extremely useful for boat- 

 poles, and the Budumas take advantage of its cork-hke 

 hghtness to float their nets with. 



At eleven o'clock a messenger came from Talbot to say 

 that he had killed a hartebeest and wanted help to bring 

 it in. As usual, such an event created great excitement 

 among the "boys." Since we should now be delayed some 

 time, I decided to pitch camp, and Dumbornu went out to 

 coUect wood for the fire from a mass of maria bush which had 

 been broken down by elephants. Presently he returned to 

 fetch help to carry the wood in. The first man who saw 



