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and I must thirst on thirst on, like, my black companions, 

 who brood upon it all in dull resignation. . . . 



I he pulse-beats grow ever weaker, less perceptible, 

 and faster ; more agonising 1 grows the thirst ; \ve ourselves 

 more lethargic. . . . 



I he only useful possession at this midnight hour is 

 one's 7i'f<7/w/, and the knowledge that in these circum- 



stances one must crush down ones feeling must set the 

 coloured men an example ot patient endurance ot thirst, 

 although their sufferings are not nearly so great as mine. 



Thus drag and linger the slow hours. The hya'iia 

 remains on, but in the cud we scarce!}' notice it is there. 

 As it everything had conspired against us, the sky, 

 here in the proximity of the mountain-range, remains 

 clouded and dark. 'I lie temperature keeps hot and 



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