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by the most intelligent of his headmen. A high ridge, 

 just before we reached the confluence, commands a splendid 

 view of the two great rivers and the rich country beyond. 

 Behind, on the north and east, is the high mountain-range, 

 along whose base we have been travelling ; the whole range 

 is covered with trees, which appear even on the prominent 

 peaks, Chiarapela, Morindi, and Chiava; at this last the 

 chain bends away to the N.W., and we could see the distant 

 mountains where the Chief, Semalembue, gained all our 

 hearts in 1856. 



