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 the bank, and a sharp blow with an axe divided its spine.

When the crocodile was found to be dead without a doubt, its stomach was opened. Among other things, too horrid to mention, there were found, inside, two armlets and a necklace that had probably belonged to the



FINDING THE NECKLACE

negro girl who had disappeared so completely while washing in the river.

Further south still, beyond the great lakes, is the River Zambesi, whose branches swarm with alligators, a kind of crocodile, and quite as dangerous.

Fifty years ago, when Livingstone was travelling up one of these rivers, the Leeambye, which falls into the