Пятнадцатилетний капитан

The Bad Roads of Angola

           

           Now,thesecataclysmsareterribleinAfrica:rainintorrents,squallsofwindwhichthestrongesttreescannotresist,clapafterclapofthunder,suchisthecontestoftheelementsinthatlatitude.

           DickSandknewitwell,andhebecameveryuneasy.Theycouldnotpassthenightwithoutshelter.Theplainwaslikelytobeinundated,anditdidnotpresentasingleelevationonwhichitwaspossibletoseekrefuge.

           Butrefuge,wherewouldtheyseekitinthislowdesert,withoutatree,withoutabush?Thebowelsoftheearthevenwouldnotgiveit.Twofeetbelowthesurfacetheywouldfindwater.

           However,towardthenorthaseriesoflowhillsseemedtolimitthemarshyplain.Itwasastheborderofthisdepressionofland.Afewtreeswereprofiledthereonamoredistant,clearerbelt,leftbythecloudsonthelineofthehorizon.

           There,ifshelterwerestilllacking,thelittlebandwouldatleastnolongerriskbeingcaughtinapossibleinundation.Thereperhapswassalvationforall.

           "Forward,myfriends,forward!"repeatedDickSand."Threemilesmoreandweshallbesaferthaninthesebottom-lands."

           "Hurry!hurry!"criedHercules.

           Thebraveblackwouldhavewishedtotakethatwholeworldinbigarmsandcarryitalone.

           Thosewordsinspiredthosecourageousmen,andinspiteofthefatigueofaday’smarch,theyadvancedmorequicklythantheyhaddoneatthecommencementfromthehalting-place.

           Whenthestormburstforththeendtobeattainedwasstillmorethantwomilesoff.

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