Chapter IV. 



water very cold, from two to tlii'ee feet dee}), and the ciiiieiit 

 fah'ly swift. A hue of men was formed in tlie water, stretchiii»;- 

 from one l)aiik to tlie other, and the porters witli their loads 

 crossed iip-stream of tliem. In this wav anv man who slipped 



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or stajr^ered was innn('(Hately canL;ht and held ; and in the 

 space of ahont (tn<- hour the wlioh' cai'avan was i;atliered on the 

 opposite hank, which was very steep and coNci-cd with thick 

 grass. Not a single ])ai-ccl liad hccii lost. 



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