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you vrith a snort of insult, saying, Oh, you fool ! ' or, ' You be 

 damned for a liar ! ' I thought of a watch-dog, and procured a 

 good one at Bombay, not only as a faithful companion, but to 

 threaten the heels of just such gentry." 



The dog proved to be a great wonder to fhe prying natives, 

 ind kept them at a respectful distance. 



The fine horse presented to Stanley by the Sultan was taken 

 suddenly sick, April 1st, and after a few hours of suffering died, 



WOMEN WORKING IN THE FIELDS. 



A victim of the tsetse fly. Fifteen hours after the death of his 

 Arabian horse, the other became violently sick, and died of con- 

 vulsions the following morning. 



They were now marching through thick jungle, the road being 

 merely a goat-path, so narrow that a single man could hardly 

 push his way through. This necessitated frequent halts to rear- 

 range the loads of the donkeys, which were torn by the " wait- 

 a-bit" thorns. Ten of the best men were stricken with fever, 

 and the rest were almost worn out with fatigue and greatly dis- 



