Chapter V. 
chimney, near Grauer’s camp, which is overhung by a 
projecting rock, they had to pass under a real waterfall, 
with a certain risk of being carried away down the pre¬ 
cipitous slope. Here and further down, as far as the point 
BUJONGOLO. 
where the path becomes less steep, Sella and Botta were 
obliged to carry all the loads themselves by instalments* 
while the Bakonjo, silent and passive, could scarcely manage 
to proceed at all. Finally, about seven o’clock in the evening* 
drenched with water and covered with mud, they reached 
their companions at Bujongolo. 
Here from the 11th up to the 14th inclusive there was no 
improvement in the weather. The rain was nearly continuous, 
while storms of wind, with thunder and lightning, followed 
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