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A Breath from the Veldt 



sight of us, up went their tails and away they fled in a panic, without ofFerin? 

 any chance of a shot. 



A BAOBAB TREE 



Shortly after this we climbed a high tree on the summit of one of the 

 kopjies, in the hope of seeing koodoo, of which there was much spoor here ; 

 but though we had a magnificent view of the country, even to the line of trees 



