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From Peril to Safety

           Onthewhole,owingtothecircuits,theobstacles,andtheimperfectobservations,thejourneyhadbeenextendedbyfullyone-fifth,andnowthattheyhadreachedMountIkirangi,theywerequitewornout.

           Twolongdaysofwalkingwerestilltobeaccomplished,duringwhichtimealltheiractivityandvigilancewouldberequired,fortheirwaywasthroughadistrictoftenfrequentedbythenatives.Thelittlepartyconqueredtheirweariness,andsetoutnextmorningatdaybreak.

           BetweenMountIkirangiwhichwaslefttotheright,andMountHardywhosesummitroseonthelefttoaheightof3,700feet,thejourneywasverytrying;forabouttenmilesthebushwasatangleof"supple-jack,"akindofflexiblerope,appropriatelycalled"stifling-creeper,"thatcaughtthefeetateverystep.Fortwodays,theyhadtocuttheirwaywithanaxthroughthisthousand-headedhydra.Huntingbecameimpossible,andthesportsmenfailedintheiraccustomedtribute.Theprovisionswerealmostexhausted,andtherewasnomeansofrenewingthem;theirthirstwasincreasingbyfatigue,andtherewasnowaterwherewithtoquenchit.

           ThesufferingsofGlenarvanandhispartybecameterrible,andforthefirsttimetheirmoralenergythreatenedtogiveway.Theynolongerwalked,theydraggedthemselvesalong,soullessbodies,animatedonlybytheinstinctofself-preservationwhichsurviveseveryotherfeeling,andinthismelancholyplighttheyreachedPointLottinontheshoresofthePacific.

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