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Various Incidents

           

           "Totheleftbank!"DickSandordered,asbeingmoreprudent."Thestreamisagainnavigable."

           "Totheleftbank!"repliedHercules,givingtheoaravigorousstroke.

           DickSandstoodbesidehimandlookedatthesurfaceofthewater,whichthemoonlitup.Hesawnothingsuspicious.Notaboathadstartedinpursuit.Perhapsthesesavageshadnone;andatdaybreaknotanativeappeared,eitheronthebankoronthewater.Afterthat,increasingtheirprecautions,theboatkeptclosetotheleftbank.

           Duringthefourfollowingdays,fromthe11thtothe14thofJuly,Mrs.Weldonandhercompanionsremarkedthatthisportionoftheterritoryhaddecidedlychanged.Itwasnolongeradesertedcountry;itwasalsoadesert,andtheymighthavecomparedittothatKalahariexploredbyLivingstoneonhisfirstvoyage.

           Thearidsoilrecallednothingofthefertilefieldsoftheuppercountry.

           Andalwaysthisinterminablestream,towhichmightbegiventhenameofriver,asitseemedthatitcouldonlyendattheAtlanticOcean.

           Thequestionoffood,inthisdesertcountry,becameaproblem.Nothingremainedoftheirformerstock.Fishinggavelittle;huntingwasnolongerofanyuse.Elks,antelopes,pokous,andotheranimals,couldfindnothingtoliveoninthisdesert,andwiththemhadalsodisappearedthecarnivorousanimals.

           Thenightsnolongerechoedtheaccustomedroarings.Nothingbrokethesilencebuttheconcertoffrogs,whichCameroncompareswiththenoiseofcalkerscalkingaship;withriveterswhorivet,andthedrillerswhodrill,inashipbuilder’syard.

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