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enemy the rhinoceros had already, close to the river, 
given sufficient proof of its presence. 
At half-past eight o'clock in the morning we 
approached another village, of the name of Kolle- 
K611e, which from a distance exhibited a most noble 
appearance, adorned as it was by two stately deleb- 
palms, here called kawe, and a group of most beautiful 
tamarind-trees ; but as for water, this village was not 
much better provided than that from which we had 
just been driven, being dependent for this necessary 
element upon a sister village at little less than a 
mile distance. Nevertheless, the dry tract which lay 
before me obliged me to make a halt here, in order to 
procure a supply of water. 
While we were quietly reclining in the shade of the 
tamarind-trees, a party of people arrived from a 
village which we had passed on our road, in order 
to obtain some medicines ; and the way in which they 
acknowledged my trouble was so delicate and be- 
coming, that I could not decline it, though in general 
I did not accept any remuneration for my cures. On 
taking leave they tied a fat sheep, which they had 
brought with them, to the branches of the tree under 
which we were reclining, merely informing my ser- 
vants that it w r as a present for me. 
Notwithstanding the great heat during the mid- 
day hours, I thought it prudent to pursue my 
journey without long delay ; for all my informants 
agreed in representing the tract before us as an ex- 
tensive wilderness, entirely destitute of water. There 
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