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herself ill at ease at being put into petticoats for 

 the first time, and thought that I must feel the 

 same ; mais il faut souffrer pour etre beau, and, 

 notwithstanding the discomfort her cloth occasioned 

 her, she kept it on to please me. 



I learnt that the " end" of the Como, as the Fans 

 call the source, was about four days' journey 

 towards the westward, but they informed me that 

 on the other side of the mountain range there was 

 a much larger river, full of hippopotami, which I 

 conclude must have been the main branch of the 

 Nazareth. 



Having ascertained that there was very little 

 chance of finding gorillas in the adjacent country, 

 as after the first rains they retreat into the densest 

 forests, I determined to continue my route, so 

 bidding adieu to the king and N'miamba, and 

 taking a couple of Fan hunters with me as guides, 

 I continued my voyage, all the people in the village 

 turning out to see me start. 



We glided rapidly along, notwithstanding the 

 current was against us, the Kroomen singing as 

 they paddled, and at times the high banks of the 

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