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In Camp on the Banks of the Coanza

           ButitwasfarfromthecampontheCoanzatothatvillage.Monthsoftravelwouldnotsufficetoreachit.

           ThatwasoneofDickSand’smostseriousthoughts;for,onceatN’yangwe,incaseevenMrs.Weldon,Hercules,theotherblacksandheshouldsucceedinescaping,howdifficultitwouldbe,nottosayimpossible,toreturntotheseacoast,inthemidstofthedangersofsuchalongroute.

           ButDickSandsoonhadreasontothinkthattheconvoywouldsoonreachitsdestination.Thoughhedidnotunderstandthelanguageemployedbythechiefsofthecaravan,sometimesArab,sometimestheAfricanidiom,heremarkedthatthenameofanimportantmarketofthatregionwasoftenpronounced.ItwasthenameKazounde,andheknewthataverygreattradeinslaveswascarriedonthere.Hewasthennaturallyledtobelievethattherethefateoftheprisonerswouldbedecided,whetherfortheprofitofthekingofthatdistrictorforthebenefitofsomerichtraderofthecountry.Weknowthathewasnotmistaken.

           Now,DickSand,beingpostedinthefactsofmoderngeography,knewveryexactlywhatisknownofKazounde.ThedistancefromSaintPauldeLoandatothiscitydoesnotexceedfourhundredmiles,andconsequentlytwohundredandfiftymiles,atthemost,separatesitfromthecampestablishedontheCoanza.DickSandmadehiscalculationapproximately,takingthedistancetraveledbythelittletroopunderHarris’sleadasthebase.Now,underordinarycircumstances,thisjourneywouldonlyrequirefromtentotwelvedays.

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