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We felt as if tomorrow would be a bright 

 day for shooting and we began to put our 

 guns in order and select the cartridges we 

 should need for pheasants and woodcock. 

 The opposite shore was reached in the 

 early part of the night and the boat made 

 fast for the crew to eat their dinner and for 

 the cook to prepare ours. Our intention 

 was to proceed up river during the night 

 and when the order was given we soon 

 perceived that our crew had decided not to 

 obey it but to go or not go whenever they 

 wished. We again made a mistake and 

 humored them and so rested for the night, 

 thinking that the country around might 

 be suitable for game. Early the following 

 morning we went on shore but soon 

 returned as all the cover had been cut and 

 there could be but little if any game where 

 we then were. 



This was January 6th., and we were under 

 way by 8 a.m. About 10 a.m. we stopped at 

 the city of Mo-ka-nie and sent the boy 

 ashore to purchase some kerosene oil. It 

 was while stopping at this city that we first 

 fully realized that the loadah and the crew 

 were the most obstinate fellows ever found 

 on any boat, and that they had made 



