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bailed, and the saturated cargo righted. As soon as 
this was over we shoved off once more, rejoicing at the 
two very narrow escapes we had had within a few 
minutes. 
Towards evening the hippos became more playful, 
being about to enter their feeding grounds. They 
appeared on every hand, and we no sooner passed one 
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herd of eight or ten than we ran into another, while 
difficulties and dilemmas were increased by the fall of 
darkness, the mountains in the far west helping to shut 
out the light. Laying to the south-east was the village 
of Chiromo, where M. Giraud and I had arranged to 
meet. 
Pitchy darkness was the chief characteristic of the 
night, rendered more gloomy by occasional thunder 
showers coming down heavily, and increasing discomforts 
