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his boys had deserted, for a hunting party from the bungalow
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and ferocious tusks. Thinking to have some amusement at
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me would be to attempt to leave the room. I felt fairly
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I quickly saw that I would have difficulty in escaping
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the sailors bought with a stick of tobacco, of the value
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advantage, and I was able to reach the city quite a bit
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from the city. He wheeled instantly and charged me with
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progress. As I neared the brute he backed cautiously away
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December 1st. — We steered for the island of Lemuy. I
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asleep on a door mat. As I was to learn, this is the fleetest
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with greyhounds the latter would have appeared as though
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way of learning the exact attitude of this beast toward
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To his host he explained that he was moving his safari
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and ferocity is used in hunting, in war, and as the protector
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before me, uttering strange sounds and baring his ugly
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