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foremost raft on which sate the young
As the odd flotilla moved off, Smutz bestrode one of the water-horses, and shooting past the foremost raft, on which sate the young girl with the monkey in her lap, the latter made a long outward leap, alighting upon his back; then fixing itself firm and square on his shoulders, there squatted composedly.
— from The Vee-Boers: A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid

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