James Hannington, , , , first bishop of eastern equatorial Africa : a history of his life and work, 1847-1885 . JEt. 27.] Exploring a Cave. 113. were more nervous than he, and got well laughed atby the enthusiastic eggsman as he scrambled up againwith the contents of three nests in his pockets. Whetheror not he really played them the trick which he has sospiritedly depicted in the series of sketches, I do notknow. The next day these twobig boys determined to ex-plore the recesses of a darkcave much frequented byseals. They had to take offtheir clothes and swim intothe entranc
James Hannington, , , , first bishop of eastern equatorial Africa : a history of his life and work, 1847-1885 . JEt. 27.] Exploring a Cave. 113. were more nervous than he, and got well laughed atby the enthusiastic eggsman as he scrambled up againwith the contents of three nests in his pockets. Whetheror not he really played them the trick which he has sospiritedly depicted in the series of sketches, I do notknow. The next day these twobig boys determined to ex-plore the recesses of a darkcave much frequented byseals. They had to take offtheir clothes and swim intothe entrance. They foundthemselves standing at themouth of a deep cleft, whichwound its way for some dis-tance into the darkness. Onstooping down to examinethe sand, they saw distinctlymany recent tracks of the passage is very nar-row and of utter darkness,and the danger of meetingan alarmed and frantic seal,in a place where neithercould pass the other, wouldnot be small, his friend very wisely counselled retreat. But there was never any go-ing back for those who followed Hannington, unless in-deed they deserted him and went back alone. This, ofcourse, his f
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