ATTACK OF FEVER 
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luck ; as the blood flowed from the donkey, so would the 
blood flow from the lion.’ I suggested that the next time 
they went to watch for lions, they should cut their own 
ears instead of the donkey’s for luck. A lion came near 
one of the zarebas during the night, but got wind of the 
men and decamped. Next morning I felt a bit better, and 
determined to clear away from the plain to higher and more 
healthy ground. 
