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ACROSS AFRICA. 



[Chap. 



February, 

 1874. 



wliicli proved rather an unhappy selection, for a heavy down- 

 pour of rain in the middle of the night converted our quarters 

 into a stream two feet deep, by which boxes of books, cartridges, 

 and stores in general were flooded. 



We arrived the following day on the banks of the Sindi, a 

 large afliuent of the Malagarazi, having passed on the march a 

 wide stretch of country under water varying from one to three 

 feet in depth. Across the deeper places the dog and goat swam, 

 in loving company, close along-side my chair. 



UUFKALO OUAKUiMU OAUAVAN. 



