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watery footsteps imprinted in the swamp. Numerous buffaloes, 
zebras, giraffes, boars, kudu antelopes, and other animals come here 
at nightfall to quench their thirst. 
The shores and surface of the lake are alive with an amazing 
HIPPOPOTAMUS m ITS NATIVE HAUNTS. 
number of aquatic birds—black swans, ducks, sacred ibises, cranes, 
and pelicans; high overhead, watchful for their prey, hover kites 
and fish eagles; while the shore is vocal with the loud call of the 
guinea-fowl, the hoarse scream of the toucan, the cooing of the 
pigeons, the hoot of the owl mingling with the cry of the snipe and 
