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68 THE GIRAFFE. | 
covered day and night with a thick wooll^'’| 
hood and body-cloth. She is still attended 
by a Darfur negro, a droll, lively and intelk 
gent fellow, who accompanied her from Africa*' 
He sleeps in a little gallery at the top of h'^'' 
stable, and as it is open, she frequently wak^® 
him, as soon as the sun appears, by puttiP^ 
her head over the railing and pushing hil'* 
with her nose. 
Among some of the tribes of South Afri*^^ 
a notion prevails that the lion occasional 
surprises the giraffe when the latter colO^' 
to drink at the pools or springs ; and tli^| 
such is the strength of this harmless aP' 
mal, that the assailant is sometimes boH'^ 
aw'ay to a considerable distance before it sia^’^ 
under him. 
