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to excuse her presence

At length she rose and said with a sigh that sheback to

where the Amasomi were in camp, as Masapo would need her to see to his

food By noas quite dark, although I remehtning, for a stor that he would seelike one who dreaons in order to

inspect one of the oxen which was tied up by itself at a distance,

because it had shown signs of so quietly, as I always do from a hunter's habit, I walked

alone to the place where the beast was tethered behind some htning shone out

vividly, and showedshape of Ma her passionately

Then I turned and went back to the wagons even more quietly than I had

come

I should add that on theserious the matter with my ox