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ON SAFARI 
We encamped under a grove of huge umbrella- 
topped acacias that, at a little distance, remind one of 
Scotch firs at home. 
The country around our camp was thin forest of 
thorn and juniper, opening out into low loose mimosa- 
scrub, easy to traverse ; and beyond this, towards the 
lake, stretched leagues of level grassy plain. It was upon 
this last that we now got really in touch with Oryx 
GIRAFFE BULL AT BARINGO. 
