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Updated: June 22, 2025
It was a fire kindled under the shadow of some cameel-doorn trees, as if for the bivouac of hunters. Judging by two animals that stood tied to the trees, Congo knew that they who had kindled the fire were not hunters, but thieves. The animals in question were giraffes, young ones, the same that Congo had been driving before him for some hundreds of miles.
The day after their arrival on the borders of the cameel-doorn forest, a drove of giraffes was seen coming out from among the timber and making their way to the stream. The timid animals, unaware of their proximity to man, walked on until within one hundred and fifty yards of the spot where the hunters stood, before seeing the latter.
The trees consisted chiefly of mimosas of several species; upon the leaves, roots, and tender shoots of which the great ruminant loves to browse. There were some "cameel-doorn" trees, with their shady umbrella-like tops. But above all rose the massive heads of the nwanas, giving a peculiar character to the landscape.
They were told that within one day's journey to the west, there was a large forest of cameel-doorn, where giraffes were often seen, and they determined to pay this forest a visit. Macora had become a great favourite at court; and, having the business on hand of establishing his tribe in a new home, he could not accompany them.
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