In Afric’s Forest and Jungle 
the bank at one place. I suppose it had come up 
from Lagos and been entrapped by some fisher¬ 
man. Early in the afternoon, I learned that we 
had come to the border of the district infested by 
the robbers and it was decided to stop until next 
day; for if we went on, we would have either to 
camp in the dangerous district or to travel in the 
night, and on account of the darkness and float¬ 
ing trees, the latter would be as dangerous as the 
former. 
Too keenly alive to the responsibility 1 had 
taken on myself to sleep much that night, I often 
and fervently prayed for guidance and protection 
during the coming day. All the forenoon of next 
day, I sat in the prow of my canoe watching 
right and left for some sign of the enemy. As 
we came around a bend of the river about noon, 
my heart gave a jump at the sight of an armed 
sentinel standing on a bluff overhanging the 
river. I knew we had met them at last. They 
had a number of canoes and were prepared to 
pursue us if we attempted to escape, so I ordered 
my men to steer directly for the spot and show 
them that we intended to surrender. As we ap¬ 
proached my wife securely hid the children. 
As soon as the prow of our canoe touched the 
bank, the sentinel gruffly ordered us to come 
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