Chapter III. 



Three hov... and thn-e -auU-s luul l.eeu pn.vuled U. 

 occasional riding, beside two rickshaws holding one or two 

 ;:;ons each, to^. drawn or pushed )>y natives, tor use on the 

 relatively level portions of the road. 



i'ArYr>i ANn watkr tjues. 



Everything was ready by the 12.h of May. The L)uke 

 however lingered three day. more, as he could hardly make u 

 'r nind to leave C.gnl behind. At last it became obv.onsl, 

 Lsary to set forth .ithont bin,. The p-ohable dura »n . 

 his illness was too uncertain, and further delay would h.ue 

 involved the risk of letting the best season pass, not to n«.^t- 

 the risk of some one else falling ill. and so endangenng he wM 

 success of the expedition. They could only hope that Cagn,, 



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