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water, survey the landing place, and open their mouths 
as if yawning at being kept waiting for their meal of 
o-rass. 
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On one occasion we stayed so long by the lake that 
darkness came on before we reached the camping 
around : those in charge were anxious on our account 
^ ^ O ^ 
and fired a warning gun, to which we replied, and were 
thankful for the guidance of a lamp which the askari 
had fixed in a tree. 
The kitten of the Serval Cat, though pretty, is a ferocious 
little brute ; it scratches and bites velieniently. 
