Chap. XLIV. THE RIVER OF LOGO'tf. 
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fortunately, on this occasion I had not taken my tele- 
scope with me, but I was so fortunate as still to get a 
sight of this river a little lower down. 
Having stood here for a few minutes on the 
steep bank, looking down into the stream, which 
rolled unceasingly along, cutting off our further 
progress, we turned our horses' heads in the direc- 
tion from which we had come, while our friends 
endeavoured to soothe their disappointment by 
saying, that if the pagans had escaped from their 
hands, they would certainly not fail to fall into the 
power of their enemies, viz. the pagans who lived on 
the other side of the river under the protection of 
Bagirmi. 
We thus turned our backs upon the river, my 
European companion and I greatly satisfied with our 
day's work, which had afforded us a sight of this fine 
stream, but our companions, in sullen silence and 
disappointment, on account of the expected spoil 
having escaped from their hands. Indeed, where they 
had expected to find that " El Dorado," that walled 
town full of male and female slaves, I never suc- 
ceeded in ascertaining. The whole day's spoil was 
limited to a handful of slaves — unfortunate creatures 
whom sickness or ill-advised courage prevented from 
leaving their native villages, — besides a couple of 
cattle, a few goats, fowls, and a little corn, but prin- 
cipally groundnuts, of which large quantities were 
carried off by the hungry Kanembii spearmen. 
The whole army was in such a mood as to be glad 
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