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other at the happy issue of an adventure which might 
have had a tragical denouement. 
At length in 1879, Dr. Holub returned to Europe 
laden with spoils. But he was by no means tired of 
Africa. A year or two later he and his wife—he had 
married in the meantime—set out on a formidable 
journey which was to reach from the Cape to Cairo. 
This journey lasted for some years, but the courageous 
travellers only got some distance beyond the Zambesi, 
into the country of the Mashukalumbe, from which they 
were glad to escape with their lives. 
