FOX TRAP, 
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FOX TRAP. 
pitching of our tent they became reconciled as they listened to the 
smooth language of our interpreter and received the donation of a 
few beads. Green grain they could supply but little in the more 
useful form of flour_, their crops being still unripe. The remains 
of the unfortunate cow afforded our porters an excellent supper. 
Many of our men were invalided from ague and colds^ aggravated 
by their deficiency of warm clothing. 
Strolling out in the afternoon in a fruitless search after game, I 
noticed two fox-traps, ingeniously constructed in the centre of a 
pathway. The trap was composed of a heavy log of wood, formed 
of the trunk of the nearest tree, raised slightly above the pathway 
