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AFRICA AND ITS EXPLORATION. 
tion of the savages in front, is to lead his men through 
the woods and set upon them in rear. At 5.30 p.m. we 
make the attempt, and keep them in play for a few 
minutes, and on hearing a shot in the woods dash at the 
shore, and under a shower of spears and arrows effect a 
landing;. From tree to tree the fight is continued until 
sunset, when, having finally driven the enemy oft', we 
have earned peace for the night. 
Until about 10 p.m. we are busy constructing an im- 
penetrable stockade or boma of brushwood, and then at 
length, we lay our sorely fatigued bodies down to rest, 
without comforts of any kind and without fires, but (1 
speak for myself only) with a feeling of gratitude to Him 
who had watched over us in our trouble, and a humble 
prayer that His protection may be extended to us, for 
the terrible days that may yet be to come. 
PADDLE OP THE ARUWIMI CANNIBALS. 
