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tired of the encumbrance, and threw it away, thinking 
at the time what must be the effect of having such a load 
about one’s neck for months. 
I kept up a pretty lively step, for the Angoni were 
marching quickly, and I had lost sight of them when 
they had disappeared into a little patch of bushy covert, 
Mara, however, had waited and watched for me, and 
MODE OF HUNTING. 
on my arrival gave the usual reprimand, which invariably 
was as amusing as it was earnest. 
“ What are you doing staying alone ? The boys are 
far away, and there is a lot of gente [people] in this 
town.” 
No sooner did we reach the first hut of the village 
than a rushing crowd of people was observed, many of 
whom fell over one another, as though in a stampede 
through dreadful fear. Some men were coupled by the 
two-forked yokes, fastened together with bark rope, 
while others had on the single stick or yoke. A number 
of women were tied neck to neck. 
