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While on this disastrous march he lost five of his people, who 
‘'wandered on helplessly, fell down, and died.’’ The country pro- 
GROUP OF FLAMINGOES. 
duced no food, or even game, unless lions could be so called. Two 
young lions were found in a den, and were quickly killed and eaten. 
This was the only food for the whole expedition. 
Stanley tells us how he returned to camp, and was so struck by 
the pinched jaws of his followers that he nearly wept. He decided 
