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also of great hunts after game in the water, when the river, 
suddenly rising, surprises large herds of antelope in the swamps, 
compelling them to swim to the mainland, or to take refuge on 
the islands. Then the Mashubia, seizing the opportunity, paddle 
amongst the swimming game in their canoes, despatching 
numbers, which, in their helpless confusion, fall an easy prey to 
the well-wielded barbed assegais of the excited hunters, who 
know no measure or mercy in satiating their lust after flesh and 
skins. 
