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Some of Dick Sand’s Notes

           Ofalltheanimalsofthecountry,theelephantsandgiraffesaloneweretallerthanthosereedswhichresemblebamboos,thoseherbs,thestalksofwhichmeasureaninchindiameter.Theagentsmustknowthecountrymarvelouslywell,nottobelostinthesejungles.

           Eachdaythecaravansetoutatdaybreak,andonlyhaltedatmiddayforanhour.Somepackscontainingtapiocawerethenopened,andthisfoodwasparsimoniouslydistributedtotheslaves.Tothispotatoeswereadded,orgoat’smeatandveal,whenthesoldiershadpillagedsomevillageinpassing.Butthefatiguehadbeensuch,thereposesoinsufficient,soimpossibleevenduringtheserainynights,thatwhenthehourforthedistributionoffoodarrivedtheprisonerscouldhardlyeat.So,eightdaysafterthedeparturefromtheCoanza,twentyhadfallenbytheway,atthemercyofthebeaststhatprowledbehindtheconvoy.Lions,panthersandleopardswaitedforthevictimswhichcouldnotfailthem,andeacheveningaftersunsettheirroaringsoundedatsuchashortdistancethatonemightfearadirectattack.

           Onhearingthoseroars,renderedmoreformidablebythedarkness,DickSandthoughtwithterroroftheobstaclessuchencounterswouldpresentagainstHercules’senterprise,oftheperilsthatmenacedeachofhissteps.Andmeanwhileifhehimselfshouldfindanopportunitytoflee,hewouldnothesitate.

           HerearesomenotestakenbyDickSandduringthisjourneyfromtheCoanzatoKazounde.

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