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joyous verao, and the setting in of the dull, hungry 

 winter season. 



At 9 o'clock in the morning of the 10th of Novem- 

 ber a light wind from down river sprang up, and all 

 who had sails hoisted them. It was the first time 

 during our trip that we had had occasion to use our 

 sails : so continual is the calm on this upper river. We 

 bowled along merrily, and soon entered the broad chan- 

 nel lying between Baria and the mainland on the south 

 bank. The wind carried us right into the mouth of the 

 Teffe, and at 4 o'clock p.m. we cast anchor in the port 

 of Ega. 



