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Some of Dick Sand’s Notes

           Inrainhesoughtontheground,onthebramblesbythepaths,onthelowerbranchesofthetrees,tofindsometraceofherpassage.Shecouldnothavetakenanotherroad,if,aseverythingindicated,theywereleadinghertoKazounde.Whatwouldhenotgivetofindsomeindicationofhermarchtothedestinationwheretheythemselveswerebeingled!

           Suchwasthesituationoftheyoungnoviceandhiscompanionsinbodyandmind.Butwhatevertheymighthavetofearforthemselves,greataswastheirownsufferings,pitytookpossessionofthemonseeingthefrightfulmiseryofthatsadtroopofcaptives,andtherevoltingbrutalityoftheirmasters.Alas!theycoulddonothingtosuccortheafflicted,nothingtoresisttheothers.

           AllthecountrysituatedeastoftheCoanzawasonlyaforestforoveranextentoftwentymiles.Thetrees,however,whethertheyperishunderthebitingofthenumerousinsectsofthesecountries,orwhethertroopsofelephantsbeatthemdownwhiletheyarestillyoung,arelesscrowdedherethaninthecountrynexttotheseacoast.Themarch,then,underthetrees,wouldnotpresentobstacles.Theshrubsmightbemoretroublesomethanthetrees.Therewas,infact,anabundanceofthosecotton-trees,seventoeightfeethigh,thecottonofwhichservestomanufacturetheblackandwhitestripedstuffsusedintheinterioroftheprovince.

           Incertainplaces,thesoiltransformeditselfintothickjungles,inwhichtheconvoydisappeared.

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