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Water! WATER!

           AsweweresittingthereIsawUmbopagetupandhobbletowardsthepatchofgreen,andafewminutesafterwards,tomygreatastonishment, Iperceivedthatusuallyverydignifiedindividualdancingandshoutinglikeamaniac,andwavingsomethinggreen. Offweallscrambledtowardshimasfastasourweariedlimbswouldcarryus,hopingthathehadfoundwater. 

           "Whatisit,Umbopa,sonofafool?"IshoutedinZulu. 

           "Itisfoodandwater,Macumazahn,"andagainhewavedthegreenthing. 

           ThenIsawwhathehadfound.Itwasamelon.Wehadhituponapatchofwildmelons,thousandsofthem,anddeadripe. 

           "Melons!"IyelledtoGood,whowasnextme; andinanotherminutehisfalseteethwerefixedinoneofthem. 

           Ithinkweateaboutsixeachbeforewehaddone,andpoorfruitastheywere,IdoubtifIeverthoughtanythingnicer. 

           Butmelonsarenotverynutritious, andwhenwehadsatisfiedourthirstwiththeirpulpysubstance,andputastocktocoolbythesimpleprocessofcuttingthemintwoandsettingthemendoninthehotsuntogrowcoldbyevaporation,webegantofeelexceedinglyhungry. Wehadstillsomebiltongleft,butourstomachsturnedfrombiltong,andbesides,wewereobligedtobeverysparingofit,forwecouldnotsaywhenweshouldfindmorefood. Justatthismomentaluckythingchanced. LookingacrossthedesertIsawaflockofabouttenlargebirdsflyingstraighttowardsus. 

           "Skit,Baas,skit!""Shoot,master,shoot!"whisperedtheHottentot,throwinghimselfonhisface,anexamplewhichweallfollowed. 

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