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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.









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