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good round gallop, which we kept up for 

 several miles, but had to leave the high 

 road frequently, and make a detour to 

 avoid passing through villages. Fortu- 

 nately, as we had not met a creature, no 

 one could give information about our 

 movements, so we jogged on comfortably, 

 but silently, as I knew but little of my 

 companion's language, and his stock of 

 English was mighty small. By making 

 play whenever the road was tolerably 

 good, we managed to put a good many 

 miles between us and the village we had 

 quitted at midnight. 



It was just coming daylight when my 

 guide, to whom I submitted wholly, 

 turned off from the road and entered the 

 jungle, with which he seemed to be quite 

 at home ; after riding through it for half 

 an hour, he drew up in a thicket, and we 



