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at that moment* Toko, who had just arrived with a
party of men carrying* the tusks, his rifle being loaded
■with ball, with a well-directed shot prevented the
catastrophe we feared by killing the rhinoceros just
before it reached the waggons.
W e had an evening of rejoicing, for by the addition
of our rhinoceros horns, our waggons were piled up to
the very top; and my uncle expressed some ap
prehension that the axles might break down with the
weight of the unusual load before we arrived at the
coast.
We lost not a day in proceeding thither. On reach
ing Walfish Bay, we safely embarked the valuable
produce we had collected*
So ended the first series of my adventures in Africa.
1 have, however, since made several other expeditions
to various parts of that hitherto little-known continent,
of which I may some day give an account to the
world.
rHE exd.