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Various Incidents

           Fiveorsixotherblacksranatoncealongthepilesandpostedthemselvesonthecross-beamswhichsupportedthem,utteringloudexclamationswhichthelistenerscouldnotunderstand.

           Intheboat,onthecontrary,wasabsolutesilence,exceptforthefewordersgivenbyDickSandinalowvoice,andcompleterepose,exceptthemovementofHercules’srightarmmovingtheoar;attimesalowgrowlfromDingo,whosejawsJackheldtogetherwithhislittlehands;outside,themurmurofthewaterwhichbrokeagainstthepiles,thenabove,thecriesoftheferociouscannibals.

           Thenatives,meanwhile,rapidlydrewuptheirropes.Iftheywereraisedintimetheboatwouldpass,otherwiseitwouldbecaught,andallwouldbeoverwiththosewhodriftedinit!Asforslackeningorstoppingitsprogress,DickSandcoulddoneither,forthecurrent,strongerunderthisnarrowconstruction,carrieditforwardmorerapidly.

           Inhalfaminutetheboatwascaughtbetweenthepiles.Byanunheard-ofpieceoffortune,thelasteffortmadebythenativeshadraisedtheropes.

           Butinpassing,asDickSandhadfeared,theboatwasdeprivedofapartofthegrasseswhichnowfloatedatitsright.

           Oneofthenativesutteredacry.Hadhehadtimetorecognizewhattheroofcovered,andwashegoingtoalarmhiscomrades?Itwasmorethanprobable.

           DickSandandhisfriendswerealreadyoutofreach,andinafewmoments,undertheimpetusofthiscurrent,nowchangedintoakindofrapid,theyhadlostsightofthelacustrinevillage.

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