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Drifting

           There,thePortugueseauthoritieswillgiveusaidandprotection;andwhenAlvezcomestotakehisonehundredthousanddollars"

           "Ahundredthousandblowsontheoldscoundrel’sskull!"cried

           Hercules;"andIwillundertaketokeepthecount."

           However,herewasanewcomplication,althoughitwasveryevidentthatMrs.WeldonwouldnotdreamofreturningtoKazounde.ThepointnowwastoanticipateNegoro.AllDickSand’sprojectsmusttendtowardthatend.

           DickSandwasnowputtinginpractisetheplanwhichhehadlongcontemplated,ofgainingthecoastbyutilizingthecurrentofariverorastream.Now,thewatercoursewasthere;itsdirectionwasnorthward,anditwaspossiblethatitemptiedintotheZaire.Inthatcase,insteadofreachingSt.PauldeLoanda,itwouldbeatthemouthofthegreatriverthatMrs.Weldonandhercompanionswouldarrive.Thiswasnotimportant,becausehelpwouldnotfailtheminthecoloniesofLowerGuinea.

           Havingdecidedtodescendthecurrentofthisriver,DickSand’sfirstideawastoembarkononeoftheherbaceousrafts,akindoffloatingisle(ofwhichCameronhasoftenspoken),whichdriftsinlargenumbersonthesurfaceofAfricanrivers.

           ButHercules,whileroamingatnightonthebank,hadbeenfortunateenoughtofindadriftingboat.DickSandcouldnothopeforanythingbetter,andchancehadservedhimkindly.Infact,itwasnotoneofthosenarrowboatswhichthenativesgenerallyuse.

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