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61 Near Bulaways- alas 24 hrs journey as Zimbabwe the ruins which are supposed to be relics of a settlement of gold diggers who provided gold for King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. I append these views.
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the food comes in this way
We arrived at Pretoria indiscribably dusty and tremendously tired and the Doctor was seriously ill. We go ourselves settled at the Grand Hotel (where we are comfortable except for an outdoor ash closet and no flights of stairs) [there is a space to the right where there may have been a photograph with the text written on the left.] and sent for Dr Mary Hannan. (The hotel is not so grand as it looks) She came twice the first day and we were frightened lest it prove typhoid or contagious dysentery. The second day a trained nurse was installed. Today the Dr. pronounced it a diarrhea which has produced inflammation of the bowels and we know that all is well. The rest of us have spelled the nurse, received callers, and cleaned up. I have only
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of the train window and saw two lions peacefully sleeping near the track. They raised their heads and blinked as the train went by but did not rise.
3 A man unarmed near Salisbury was riding on a bike. Suddenly two lions appeared near the road coming out of the tall grass. He was so frightened that he fainted and fell off his bicycle. The two lions came up and sniffed him, which brought him to his senses, and they then trotted off. Told by resident of Rhodesia.
4. Two men, came to Africa to shoot lions They brought their wives, made elaborate preparations of tents wagons etc. Took several natives and upon reaching a point where lions had been seen in the neighborhood, took their guns, dogs Natives etc leaving the two women alone in the wagon. After a time, a lion appeared near the wagon. The women said to each other that their men would never believe there had been one there without proof, so they photograghed
