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MOST of the African tribes excel in address and intrepidity. 

 A remarkable instance is given by Dr. Tarns. While on the 

 banks of the Bengo, said to abound in alligators, crocodiles, 

 and enormous snakes, which often lurk in the impenetrable 

 jungle of reeds, he wished to know whether the river really 

 contained any of the former ; and for a small reward, a negro 

 fisherman offered to catch one. 



The intrepid fisherman immediately killed a sucking-pig, 

 and ran a moderately thick stick through the entire length 

 of its body, which he cut open. To the middle of this he 

 attached an iron chain, eight or ten feet long, by means of a 

 clamp, and then further elongated the chain by fastening a 

 cord to it. Armed with two strong barbed iron lances, he 



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