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fittingly distinguished those truly great spirits which have 

 always led the van of Christian civilization. In due time the 

 ship had passed the Cape and Natal, and drew near to the for- 

 ests of mangrove, which, coming down to the water's edge, and 

 casting; their shadows on the confluence of the Zambesi with the 

 sea, seemed as if conspiring with the usurpers of the soil for its 

 concealment. 



CRICKET. 



