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served more as a spur to increased effort, than as an 

 inducement to " throw up the sponge." Our expedi- 

 tion had been carefully planned, and its preparations 

 had been made with such care and forethouo^ht as 

 Lieutenant von Hohnel and I had been able to be- 

 stow upon the subject. Far from unsatisfactory were 



Native Village. Wall and Gateway. 



idea which had induced us to undertake the journey, 

 or with the pains and suffering we had undergone in 

 their accomplishment. 



When Lieutenant von Hohnel was first wounded, 

 it required four men to carry him, but at this time 

 he was so wasted by his sufferings that two were 

 suf^cient to bear him as quickly as the rate of cara- 



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