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On the March

           Itwasthenthetimeforfevers;but,asLivingstonehasobserved,theycanbecuredbyleavingtheplacewheretheyhavebeencontracted.DickSandknewthisremarkofthegreattraveler,andhehopedthatlittleJackwouldnotcontradictit.HetoldittoMrs.Weldon,afterhavingobservedthattheperiodicalaccesshadnotreturnedastheyfeared,andthatthechildsleptquietlyinHercules’arms.

           Thustheywentforwardcarefullyandrapidly.Sometimestheydiscoveredtraceswheremenoranimalshadrecentlypassed.Thetwistedandbrokenbranchesofthebrushwoodandthethicketsaffordedanopportunitytowalkwithamoreequalstep.Butthegreaterpartofthetimenumerousobstacles,whichtheyhadtoovercome,retardedthelittleparty,toDickSand’sgreatdisappointment.

           Thereweretwistedlianesthatmightjustlybecomparedwiththedisorderedriggingofaship,certainvinessimilartobentswords,whosebladeswereornamentedwithlongthorns,vegetableserpents,fiftyorsixtyfeetlong,whichhadthefacultyofturningtoprickthepasser-bywiththeirsharpspikes.Theblacks,hatchetinhand,cutthemdownwithvigorousblows,butthelianesreappearedconstantly,reachingfromtheearthtothetopofthehighesttreeswhichtheyencircled.

           Theanimalkingdomwasnotlesscuriousthanthevegetablekingdominthispartoftheprovince.Birdsflewinvastnumbersunderthesepowerfulbranches;butitwillbeunderstoodthattheyhadnogunshottofearfromthemen,whowishedtopassassecretlyasrapidly.

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