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In Camp on the Banks of the Coanza

           Alreadyhisheartwasbeatingwithhope;hewasonlyafewstepsfromthedesiredend,whentheoverseer,asifhehadsuddenlypenetratedhisintention,rushedonhim.Atthecriesofthatenragedperson,tensoldiersrantothespot,andDickSandwasbrutallyledbacktotherear,whileTomandhiscompanionsweretakentotheotherextremityofthecamp.

           Exasperated,DickSandhadthrownhimselfupontheoverseer.Hehadendedbybreakinghisguninhishands.Hehadalmostsucceededinsnatchingitfromhim.Butsevenoreightsoldiersassailedhimatonce,andforcewasusedtosecurehim.Furious,theywouldhavemassacredhim,ifoneofthechiefsofthecaravan,anArabofgreatheightandferociousphysiognomy,hadnotintervened.ThisArabwasthechiefIbnHamis,ofwhomHarrishadspoken.HepronouncedafewwordswhichDickSandcouldnotunderstand,andthesoldiers,obligedtoreleasetheirprey,wentaway.

           Itwas,then,veryevident,foronething,thattherehadbeenaformalordernottoallowtheyoungnovicetocommunicatewithhiscompanions;andforanother,thathislifeshouldnotbetaken.

           Whocouldhavegivensuchorders,ifnotHarrisorNegoro?

           Atthatmomentitwasnineo’clockinthemorning,April19ththeharshsoundsfroma"condou’s"horn(akindofruminatinganimalamongtheAfricandeer)burstforth,andthedrumwasheard.Thehaltwasgoingtoend.

           All,chiefs,porters,soldiers,slaves,wereimmediatelyonfoot

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