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King Solomon’s Mines

CHAPTER VII
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I afterwards discovered that the natives of that wonderful country call these bucks "_inco_." They are very rare, and only found at a great altitude where no other game will live.

This animal was fairly hit high up in the shoulder, though whose bullet brought it down we could not, of course, discover.
I believe that Good, mindful of his marvellous shot at the giraffe, secretly set it down to his own prowess, and we did not contradict him.
We had been so busy satisfying our hunger that hitherto we had not found time to look about us.

But now, having set Umbopa to cut off as much of the best meat as we were likely to be able to carry, we began to inspect our surroundings.

The mist had cleared away, for it was eight o'clock, and the sun had sucked it up, so we were able to take in all the country before us at a glance.

I know not how to describe the glorious panorama which unfolded itself to our gaze.


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