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abovesea-levelanditsclimatewasquitecoldandnotatallunlikethat
ofEngland.Indeedforthefirstthreedaysofourstaytherewesawlittle
ornothingofthesceneryonaccountofanunmistakableScotchmist
whichprevailed.Itwasthisrainthatsetthetsetsepoisonworkinginour
remaining donkeysso that they all died.
Thisdisasterleftusinaveryawkwardpositionaswehadnowno
meansoftransportwhateverthoughontheotherhandwehadnot
muchtocarry.Ammunitiontoowasveryshortamountingtobutone
hundredandfiftyroundsofriflecartridgesandsomefiftyshot-guncart-
ridges.Howtogetonwedidnotknow;indeeditseemedtousthatwe
hadaboutreachedtheendofourtether.Evenifwehadbeeninclinedto
abandontheobjectofoursearchwhichshadowasitwaswasbyno
meansthecaseitwasridiculoustothinkofforcingourwaybacksome
sevenhundredmilestothecoastinourpresentplight;sowecametothe
conclusionthattheonlythingtobedonewastostopwherewewere—
thenativesbeingsowelldisposedandfoodplentiful—forthepresent
andabideeventsandtrytocollectinformationastothecountries
beyond.
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Accordinglyhavingpurchasedacapitallogcanoelargeenoughto
holdusallandourbaggagefromtheheadmanofthevillagewewere
stayinginpresentinghimwiththreeemptycold-drawnbrasscartridges
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