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chimney, near Graners canip, wliicli is overhung by a 

 projecting rock, thev liad to pass under a real waterfall, 

 witli a certain risk of Ijeing carried away down the pre- 

 cipitous slope. Here and further down, as far as the point 



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wliere the path l)ecomes less steep, Sella and Botta were 

 oljlifjed to carry all the loads themselves hv instalments, 

 while the Bakonjo, silent and passive, could scarcely manage 

 to proceed at all. Finallv, about seven o'clock in the evening, 

 drenched \\'ith water and covered with mud, tlii'y reached 

 their companions at Bujongolo. 



Here from the lltli up to the 14tli inclusive there was no 

 niipioNcnicnt in tlie weather. The ram was nearly continuous. 

 wlnli' stoi'ins of wind. \\'\{\\ tliundcr and ligbtniiig, followed 



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