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At length, footsore, weary, with eyes scorched by the blinding glare of the sun on the bare sand, and with lips cracked and tongues swollen with thirst, we staggered out of the dunes into a wide pan covered with bush and sprinkled with big trees huge cameel-doorn of thick verdant foliage, which gave the whole expanse a park-like appearance.
A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa Frederick Cornell
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There were some "cameel-doorn" trees, with their shady umbrella-like tops.
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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Along the way, little groves of the _cameel-doorn_ were occasionally seen; but, for all this, no camelopards.
The Giraffe Hunters Mayne Reid 1850
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They were told that within one day's journey to the west, there was a large forest of _cameel-doorn_, where giraffes were often seen, and they determined to pay this forest a visit.
The Giraffe Hunters Mayne Reid 1850
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There were some "cameel-doorn" trees, with their shady umbrella-like tops.
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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The great heat would be more likely than anything else to send the elephant to his favourite sleeping-place under the cool shady cover of the cameel-doorn.
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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Their principal food is the foliage of these trees; and one species of mimosa -- the _camel-doorn_
Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys Mayne Reid 1850
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But surest of all, on the top of a tall _cameel-doorn_ tree, he next observed the brilliant plumage of a parrot.
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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But surest of all, on the top of a tall _cameel-doorn_ tree, he next observed the brilliant plumage of a parrot.
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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The great heat would be more likely than anything else to send the elephant to his favourite sleeping-place under the cool shady cover of the cameel-doorn.
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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