Chapter III. 



Three horses and three iniiles had been provided for 

 occasional riding, beside two rickshaws holding one or two 

 persons each, to be drawn or pushed by natives, for use on the 

 relatively level portions of the road. 



I'Al'Vr.I AN"]) WATER I.HJES. 



Everything Mas ready by tiie 12th of May. The Duke, 

 liowever, lingered three days more, as he could hardly make up 

 Iiis mind to leave Cagni behind. At last it became obviously 

 necessary to set foitli \\ith()ut hiii\. The probable duration of 

 his illness was too uncertain, and further delay woidd have 

 involved the risk of letting the best season pass, not to mention 

 the risk of some one else fallini»' ill, and so endanoerinir tlie whole 

 success of the expeditioii. Tliev could onlv iio])e that Cagni, 



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