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but, not having had the benefit of an En- 

 glish education, they let me slip through 

 their fingers ! I offered up a silent thanks- 

 giving to God who had preserved me 

 from such a fate, and a prayer that He 

 would continue to protect me. 



My guide now whispered that it was 

 time to be moving ; we got up at once 

 and penetrated into the thick of the 

 jungle, where it would have been im- 

 possible to see us, concealment being our 

 great object, for we knew that at day- 

 break pursuers would be on our track ; 

 and, from what I had already experienced, 

 my readers can understand I had no wish 

 to be retaken. By the time it was day- 

 light we were some three or four miles 

 from our starting point; it may appear 

 strange that so little ground was got 

 over, but no one who has not tried it, can 



