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down to Natal, about six weeks after my arrival, in 
charge of Boccas, with a heavy load of ivory. The 
oxen and poor Batwing were in a sad state of poverty, 
but 1 had the pleasure of seeing them marvellously 
recruited before I left the colony. Boccas had hung 
up all my trophies, many of the finest specimens I 
ever saw, in trees, to make room for the ivory, the 
more valuable commodity; consequently, I had the 
mortification of losing them all, though I was com¬ 
pensated in a great measure by some very fine ivory. 
The number of elephants they found in the tsetse 
country had been their inducement for remaining so 
long behind, and altogether they gave a most satisfac¬ 
tory account of themselves. 
‘THE END.’ 
