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Updated: June 22, 2025
They cried in their own tongue that the Namaquas were down upon them, under English guidance: and, quick as lightning, they dispersed as if by magic, to hide themselves about in the thick bush jungle. Two seconds later, Guy was wringing Granville's hand in a fervour of gratitude. Each man had saved the other's life.
I have shot a 'man-eater' from the back of an elephant, and I found that the skin was not worth taking." "The Namaquas," replied Swinton, "told me that a lion, once enamored of human flesh, would, in order to obtain it so far overcome his caution, that he would leap through a fire to seize a man.
Compare Sir James Alexander's Expedition, ii. 250, where the Namaquas tell this tale. The Fijians say that the Moon wished men to die and be born again, like herself. The Rat said, 'No, let them die, like rats; and they do. The Serpent In this last variant we have death as the result of a failure or transgression.
When I was in the Namaquas' land, we preferred them to any other food; but I see another variety of game on the plain there." "What?" Omrah pointed them out. They are coming right towards us; but Mahomed says breakfast is ready." By the time that breakfast was finished, a party of twelve Korannas had joined the caravan.
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