Thou split kirrie of the shepherd boys,

Thou split knob of a kirrie.

Thou who drivest away by thy neighing

The hunter who seeketh thee.

Thou who crossest all rivers

As if they were but one.

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20. THE LOST CHILD.—[A Tale.]

(From Sir James E. Alexander’s “Expedition of Discovery into the Interior of Africa,” vol. ii. pp. 234, 235.)