DOWN THE CONGO TO THE ATLANTIC. 
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down the river with instructions to advance upon the 
enemy from behind, but by no means to fire unless they 
were overwhelmed in numbers. 
Just at dark our canoes came back with three prison- 
ers bound hand and foot. Except the poor dwarf at 
Ikondu up river, I had not seen any human creatures so 
WATERFALL ON THE LIVINGSTONE. 
unlovable to look at. There was no one feature about 
them that even extravagant charity could indicate as 
elevating them into the category of noble savages. 1 
do not think I was prejudiced ; I examined their faces 
with eyes that up to that time had gazed into the eyes 
of over five hundred thousand black men. They were 
intolerably ugly. 1 would not disturb them, however, 
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