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In Camp on the Banks of the Coanza

           Doublingthattimefortheneedsofacaravanalreadyexhaustedbyalongroute,DickSandmightestimatethelengthofthejourneyfromtheCoanzatoKazoundeatthreeweeks.

           DickSandwishedverymuchtoimpartwhathebelievedheknewtoTomandhiscompanions.ItwouldbeakindofconsolationforthemtobeassuredthattheywerenotbeingledtothecenterofAfrica,intothosefatalcountrieswhichtheycouldnothopetoleave.Now,afewwordsutteredinpassingwouldbesufficienttoenlightenthem.Wouldhesucceedinsayingthosewords?

           TomandBatchancehadreunitedthefatherandsonActeonandAustin,forkedtwobytwo,wereattherightextremityofthecamp.Anoverseerandadozensoldierswatchedthem.

           DickSand,freeinhismovements,resolvedtograduallydiminishthedistancethatseparatedhimfromhiscompanionstofiftysteps.Hethencommencedtomaneuvertothatend.

           VerylikelyoldTomdivinedDickSand’sthought.Aword,pronouncedinalowvoice,warnedhiscompanionstobeattentive.Theydidnotstir,buttheykeptthemselvesreadytosee,aswellastohear.

           Soon,withanindifferentair,DickSandhadgainedfiftystepsmore.Fromtheplacewherehethenwas,hecouldhavecalledout,insuchamannerastobeheard,thatnameKazounde,andtellthemwhattheprobablelengthofthejourneywouldbe.Buttocompletehisinstructions,andconferwiththemontheirconductduringthejourney,wouldbestillbetter.Hethencontinuedtodrawnearertothem.

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