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cliimney, near Graiier s camp, wlnrli is overlmiig' by a 

 projecting rock, tliev liad to }iass uiult-r a real waterfall, 

 with a certain risk of being carried away down the \n'e- 

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



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where the jjath becomes less steep, Sella and Botta were 

 obliged to carry all the loads themselv^es by instalments, 

 while the Bakonjo, silent and passive, could scarcely manage 

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

 drenched w^ith water and covered with mud, they reached 

 their companions at Bujongolo. 



Here from the 11th up to the 14th inclusive there was no 

 improvement in the weather. The rain was nearly continuous, 

 while storms of wind, with thunder and lightning, followed 



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