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In Camp on the Banks of the Coanza

           Placedapart,overcomebythereactionwhichfollowedthefirstmomentsoftheirstruggleagainstthenegroes,theynolongermadeamovement.WhyhadtheynotbeenabletofollowHerculesinhisflight?And,meanwhile,whatcouldtheyhopeforthefugitive?Strongashewas,whatwouldbecomeofhiminthatinhospitablecountry,wherehunger,solitude,savagebeasts,natives,allwereagainsthim?Wouldhenotsoonregrethiscompanion’sfate?They,however,hadnopitytoexpectfromthechiefsofthecaravan,ArabsorPortuguese,speakingalanguagetheycouldnotunderstand.Thesechiefsonlyenteredintocommunicationwiththeirprisonersbymenacinglooksandgestures.

           DickSandhimselfwasnotcoupledwithanyotherslave.Hewasawhiteman,andprobablytheyhadnotdaredtoinflictthecommontreatmentonhim.Unarmed,hehadhisfeetandhandsfree,butadriverwatchedhimespecially.Heobservedthecamp,expectingeachmomenttoseeNegoroorHarrisappear.Hisexpectationwasinvain.Hehadnodoubt,however,thatthosetwomiserablemenhaddirectedtheattackagainsttheant-hill.

           ThusthethoughtcametohimthatMrs.Weldon,littleJack,andCousinBenedicthadbeenledawayseparatelybyordersfromtheAmericanorfromthePortuguese.Seeingneitheronenortheother,hesaidtohimselfthatperhapsthetwoaccomplicesevenaccompaniedtheirvictims.Whereweretheyleadingthem?Whatwouldtheydowiththem?Itwashismostcruelcare.DickSandforgothisownsituationtothinkonlyofMrs.Weldonandhers.

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