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           Heshudderedatthethoughtthattheboat,ifithadbeenlesscarefullywatchedduringthelastnight,wouldhavebeenlostoverthosecataracts,thatwouldonlyhaverestoreddeadbodies.Butthatwasnolongertobefeared,and,atthatmoment,theoarskilfullyhandledsufficedtomaintainitinadirectionalittleobliquetothecurrent.

           Aquarterofanhourafter,DickSandhadreachedtheoppositeshore,andwaspreparingtospringonthebank.

           Atthatmomentcrieswereheard,andtennativesrushedonthemassofplantsthatstillhidtheboat.

           Theywerethecannibalsfromthelakevillage.Foreightdaystheyhadfollowedtherightbankoftheriver.Underthatthatch,whichwastornbythestakesoftheirvillage,theyhaddiscoveredthefugitives,thatistosay,asurepreyforthem,becausethebarrierofthefallswouldsoonerorlaterobligethoseunfortunateonestolandononeortheothersideoftheriver.

           DickSandsawthathewaslost,butheaskedhimselfifthesacrificeofhislifemightnotsavehiscompanions.Masterofhimself,standinginthefrontoftheboat,hisgunpointed,heheldthecannibalsincheck.

           Meanwhile,theysnatchedawaythethatch,underwhichtheyexpectedtofindothervictims.Whentheysawthattheyoungnovicealonehadfallenintotheirhands,theybetrayedtheirdisappointmentbyfrightfulcries.Aboyoffifteenamongten!

           But,then,oneofthosenativesstoodup,hisarmstretchedtowardtheleftbank,andpointedtoMrs.

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