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AFRICA AND ITS EXPLORATION. 
The time soon came when we had to say good-bye to 
Harkess, Fredericks, and the crew of the lively little 
I lala. For my part, memory of the first sight of the 
welcome craft coming through the gloom of the dark 
night on Lake Nyassa, and of the first meeting of those 
we were now about to leave, impressed me deeply, 
A GOOD SHOT 
indescribably I may even say, as 1 remembered especially 
the kindness of their relief and care. 
Two days after the departure of Harkess and 
Fredericks, my friend and myself, severely tattered in 
apparel and tarnished in general appearance, through 
constant exposure, but nevertheless in capital health 
and spirits, marched with cheerful steps at the head of 
a long black caravan. The men were laden with ivory 
and horns ; also spears and baskets of native make. 
The white sweeping curves of the tusks which crowned 
the heads of the Yao porters, whose loins were decked 
