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Drifting

           Perhapsevenbypassinghisgunthroughthethatchoftheboathemightfirewithsurety,likeabutterthroughtheholesinhishut.

           Meanwhile,theperoguedriftedwiththeforceofthecurrentadistancenotlessthantwomilesanhour,asnearasDickSandcouldestimateit.

           Hehopedtomake,thus,fiftymilesaday.But,onaccountofthisveryrapidityofthecurrent,continualcarewasnecessarytoavoidobstaclesrocks,trunksoftrees,andthehighbottomsoftheriver.Besides,itwastobefearedthatthiscurrentwouldchangetorapids,ortocataracts,afrequentoccurrenceontheriversofAfrica.

           ThejoyofseeingMrs.WeldonandherchildhadrestoredallDickSand’sstrength,andhehadpostedhimselfinthefore-partoftheboat.Acrossthelonggrasses,hisglanceobservedthedownwardcourse,and,eitherbyvoiceorgesture,heindicatedtoHercules,whosevigoroushandsheldtheoar,whatwasnecessarysoastokeepintherightdirection.

           Mrs.Weldonreclinedonabedofdryleavesinthecenteroftheboat,andgrewabsorbedinherownthoughts.CousinBenedictwastaciturn,frowningatthesightofHercules,whomhehadnotforgivenforhisinterventionintheaffairofthemanticore.Hedreamedofhislostcollection,ofhisentomologicalnotes,thevalueofwhichwouldnotbeappreciatedbythenativesofKazounde.Sohesat,hislimbsstretchedout,andhisarmscrossedonhisbreast,andattimesheinstinctivelymadeagestureofraisingtohisforeheadtheglasseswhichhisnosedidnotsupport.

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