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most extraordinary manner, rushing forward and jamming 
his head into the ground with all his force, then turning 
round and repeating the performance several times. At 
last he fell over and died. Up .ran a lot of men, who were 
attending the Abyssinians’ cattle, and between them and 
the villagers there wasn’t much left for the jackals. After 
this I tried all I knew to shoot another, but do what I could 
I was unsuccessful, and had to come home tired and foot- 
sore. 
