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By this tihly awake and had arisen fro a kaross over hs,

in which I was sleeping and walked a few paces to the crest of a rocky

ridge, whence I could see the dry vlei below Here the runts, bellows and tras

which I, an old hunter, could not mistake Evidently a herd of buffalo,

one or two hundred of them, had established themselves in those reeds

Just then my bastard servant, Scowl, and Saduko joined us, both of them

full of excitement

It appeared that Scoho never seemed to sleep at any natural ti the reeds, and estimated their number at

two or three hundred Saduko had exah which they

passed, and reported it to be so narrow that we could kill any number of

them as they rushed out to escape

"Quite so I understand," I said "Well, my opinion is that we had

better let theuns, and assegais are not of o, I

say"

U of a cheap raw material for the shields which had been

requisitioned by the King, ould surely be pleased if they were h hide as that of buffalo, protested

violently, and Saduko, either to please one whoht be his