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Drifting

           Theirhightops,joiningahundredfeetabove,formedabowerwhichthesolarrayscouldnotpenetrate.Often,also,abridgeoflianeswasthrownfromonebanktotheother,andduringthe27thlittleJack,tohisintenseadmiration,sawabandofmonkeyscrossoneofthesevegetablepasses,holdingeachother’stail,lestthebridgeshouldbreakundertheirweight.

           Thesemonkeysareakindofsmallchimpanzee,whichinCentralAfricahasreceivedthenameof"sokos."Theyhavelowforeheads,clearyellowfaces,andhigh-setears,andareveryuglyexamplesofthesimiesquerace.Theyliveinbandsofadozen,barklikedogs,andarefearedbythenatives,whosechildrentheyoftencarryofftoscratchorbite.

           Inpassingthelianebridgetheyneversuspectedthat,beneaththatmassofherbswhichthecurrentboreonward,therewasalittleboywhowouldhaveexactlyservedtoamusethem.Thepreparations,designedbyDickSand,wereverywellconceived,becausetheseclear-sightedbeastsweredeceivedbythem.

           Twentymilesfartheron,thatsameday,theboatwassuddenlystoppedinitsprogress.

           "Whatisthematter?"askedHercules,alwayspostedathisoar.

           "Abarrier,"repliedDickSand;"butanaturalbarrier."

           "Itmustbebroken,Mr.Dick."

           "Yes,Hercules,andwithahatchet.Severalisletshavedrifteduponit,anditisquitestrong."

           "Towork,captain!towork!"repliedHercules,whocameandstoodinthefore-partoftheperogue.

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