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just deserted, but no bears. This being the 

 case, it was not hard to induce him to see 

 with my eyes ; and next morning we were 

 en route for Gebi agam, doing the distance 

 back in rather less than half the time we took 

 coming — a by no means singular incident in 

 this country, where the road out is invariably 

 represented as three times longer than it 

 really is. 



