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The Bad Roads of Angola

           DickSandhopedthatitwouldsoonbecomenavigable,orthatitwouldbeforelongreachamoreimportantriver,tributarytotheAtlantic.

           Costwhatitmight,theyoungnovicewasdeterminedtofollowthisstreamofwater.Neitherdidhehesitatetoabandonthisopening;because,asendingbyanobliqueline,itledawayfromtherivulet.

           Thelittlepartyasecondtimeventuredthroughthedenseunderwood.Theymarched,axinhand,throughleavesandbushesinextricablyinterlaced.

           Butifthisvegetationobstructedtheground,theywerenolongerinthethickforestthatborderedthecoast.Treesbecamerare.Largesheavesofbambooaloneroseabovethegrass,andsohighthatevenHerculeswasnotaheadoverthem.Thepassageofthelittlepartywasonlyrevealedbythemovementofthesestalks.

           Towardthreeo’clockintheafternoonofthatday,thenatureofthegroundtotallychanged.Herewerelongplains,whichmusthavebeenentirelyinundatedintherainyseason.Theearth,nowmoreswampy,wascarpetedbythickmosses,beneathcharmingferns.Shoulditbediversifiedbyanysteepascents,theywouldseebrownhematitesappear,thelastdepositsofsomerichveinofmineral.

           DickSandthenrecalledandveryfortunatelywhathehadreadin"Livingstone’sTravels."Morethanoncethedaringdoctorhadnearlyrestedinthesemarshes,sotreacherousunderfoot.

           "Listentome,myfriends,"saidhe,goingahead."Trythegroundbeforesteppingonit."

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