. In darkest Africa; or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria . ze and held itfast, in a vice as of iron. There, boys, I said, truly the gods are age of miracles is not past, and my comrades wereseen gazing in delighted surprise at the bird, which wasa fine fat guinea fowl. It was not long before theguinea fowl was divided, and Randy, its captor, had hislawful share, and the little doggie seemed to know thathe had grown in esteem with all men, and we enjoyedour prize each with his own feelings. On the next day, in order to relieve the boat-bearers of their
. In darkest Africa; or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria . ze and held itfast, in a vice as of iron. There, boys, I said, truly the gods are age of miracles is not past, and my comrades wereseen gazing in delighted surprise at the bird, which wasa fine fat guinea fowl. It was not long before theguinea fowl was divided, and Randy, its captor, had hislawful share, and the little doggie seemed to know thathe had grown in esteem with all men, and we enjoyedour prize each with his own feelings. On the next day, in order to relieve the boat-bearers of their hard work, Mr. Jephson was requested 224 IN DARKEST AFRICA. 7. Forest. to connect the sections together, and two hours afterstarting on the march came opposite an inhabited advance scouts seized a canoe and bore straight onto the island, to snatch in the same unruly manner asOrlando, meat for the hungry. What would you, unruly men ? We would have meat ! Two hundred stagger inthese woods and reel with faintness. The natives did not stand for further question, but. BANDY SEIZES THE GUINEA FOWL. vanished kindly, and left their treasures of food. Wereceived as our share two pounds of Indian corn andhalf-a-pound of beans. Altogether about twenty-fivepounds of corn were discovered, which was distributedamong the people. In the afternoon I received a note from Mr. Jephson,who was behind with the boat: For Gods sake, if youcan get any food at the village send us some. We despatched answer to Jephson to hunt up thewounded elephant that I had shot, and which had taken Oct. WE SEND MEN TO SEARCH FOR FOOD. 225 refuge on an island near liim, and in reply to his anxious , a small handful of corn. On the 9th of October 100 men volunteered to goacross river and explore inland from the north bankwith a resolute intention not to return without food ofsome kind. I went up river with the boats crew, andStairs down river to strike inland by a little track i
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