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Jeath, spears thrown by lurking foes in the thick jungle barely 

 grazing him. On such occasions he and his men quickly prepared 

 themselves to resist attack, but the natives would not rush upon 

 their firearms. This was one of the very few occasions durino- 



Livingstone's entire African experience that he was compelled 

 to resort to his weapons for defense, and now only because cf 

 the brutality of the Arabs, who had murdered and infuriated tha 

 natives. 



