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The Bad Roads of Angola

           ItevenbecamesobadthatMrs.Weldonwasobligedtostop,forshesankdeepinthemire.Hercules,Bat,andAustin,wishingtosparehertheunpleasantnessmorethanthefatigueofapassageacrossthismarshyplain,madealitterofbamboos,onwhichsheconsentedtosit.HerlittleJackwasplacedinherarms,andtheyendeavoredtocrossthatpestilentialmarshinthequickestmanner.

           Thedifficultiesweregreat.ActeonheldCousinBenedictfirmly.TomaidedNan,who,withouthim,wouldhavedisappearedseveraltimesinsomecrevice.Thethreeotherblackscarriedthelitter.Atthehead,DickSandsoundedtheearth.Thechoiceoftheplacetosteponwasnotmadewithouttrouble.Theymarchedfrompreferenceontheedges,whichwerecoveredbyathickandtoughgrass.Oftenthesupportfailed,andtheysanktothekneesintheslime.

           Atlast,aboutfiveo’clockintheevening,themarshbeingcleared,thesoilregainedsufficientfirmness,thankstoitsclayeynature;buttheyfeltitdampunderneath.Veryevidentlytheselandslaybelowtheneighboringrivers,andthewaterranthroughtheirpores.

           Atthattimetheheathadbecomeoverwhelming.Itwouldevenhavebeenunbearable,ifthickstormcloudshadnotinterposedbetweentheburningraysandtheground.Distantlightningsbegantorendtheskyandlowrollingsofthundergrumbledinthedepthsoftheheavens.Aformidablestormwasgoingtoburstforth.

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