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over me that I had sunk all my troubles in its waters, and a 

 new phase full of promise for the Expedition had begun. 



A KUia BLDl .MA 



The same feehng inspired the men ; as the boats touched 

 the bank of the river, Audelai, the captain, jumped out and 

 taking up some of the earth eat a morsel. The men following 

 flung down their poles and shouting scampered wildly over 

 the sand-bank, as if in the attempt to stamp out the cramp 

 that had seized their Hmbs in their long confinement in the 

 boats. No living thing was there to behold our joy, save 



