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Page 156
... hippo . " " You make me sound so ineffec- tual , " my father grumbled , but he was , I think , secretly glad that he could not conscientiously go on with the killing . " Matiba , " he said , " call the boys . " The natives came running ...
... hippo . " " You make me sound so ineffec- tual , " my father grumbled , but he was , I think , secretly glad that he could not conscientiously go on with the killing . " Matiba , " he said , " call the boys . " The natives came running ...
Page 157
... hippo's ears . For a second my father looked quite pleased . Then the hippo bellowed straight into his face and wrenched its head upwards . My father catapulted back into a bed of flowers where he lay cursing ; but in jerking its head the ...
... hippo's ears . For a second my father looked quite pleased . Then the hippo bellowed straight into his face and wrenched its head upwards . My father catapulted back into a bed of flowers where he lay cursing ; but in jerking its head the ...
Page 159
... hippopotamus , deep into one another's eyes ; then my father let go and giggled , while the hippo breathed long , slow explor- atory breaths and twitched her ears . My father rose slowly to his feet , murmuring non - committally ...
... hippopotamus , deep into one another's eyes ; then my father let go and giggled , while the hippo breathed long , slow explor- atory breaths and twitched her ears . My father rose slowly to his feet , murmuring non - committally ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 38 |
PATHFINDING IN THE GREAT NAFUD BY A DRUMMOND 160 | 53 |
POINTS OF VIEW BY MARTIN GREEN | 62 |
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