XV 
RETURN TO LAKE RUDOLPH 
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no cause for anxiety ; in fact, everything seemed favourable 
once more. The only thing I dreaded was that the heavy 
rains, which according to generally received notions were now 
overdue, might give us trouble and impede our progress. As 
a matter of fact, though, we never experienced anything that 
could be called a wet season at all that year. 
