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she heard where I was, she sent her husband Manengo 
back from her next landing-place to inquire after me. 
The last rapids that I crossed were the most danger¬ 
ous of all in the Marutse country ; one of them was known 
as Manekango, the other was Muniruola. They were 
formed by ridges of rocks extending right across the 
river, with an average height of not much over two feet 
and a half, but the openings were so few and narrow that 
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the water dashed through with the fiercest violence. I 
had to submit to be laid upon the reef while the men 
dragged the boat through the rifts at the most imminent 
peril. 
The sickness, which had a little abated, returned 
again towards evening, and I had considerable difficulty 
in drawing my breath. In the morning I was so far 
relieved that I was able to take a few^ spoonfuls of 
maizena. 
