Chapter III. 
T1 iree horses and three mules had been provided for 
occasional riding, beside two rickshaws holding one or two 
persons each, to be drawn or pushed by natives, for use on the 
relatively level portions of the road. 
PAPYRI AND WATER LILIES. 
Everything was ready by the 12th of May. The Duke, 
however, lingered three days more, as he could hardly make up 
his mind to leave Cagni behind. At last it became obviously 
necessary to set forth without him. The probable duration of 
bis illness was too uncertain, and further delay would have 
involved the risk of letting the best season pass, not to mention 
the risk of some one else falling ill, and so endangering the whole 
success of the expedition. They could only hope that Cagni, 
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