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Hercules
;
"
and
I
will
undertake
to
keep
the
count
.
"
However
,
here
was
a
new
complication
,
although
it
was
very
evident
that
Mrs.
Weldon
would
not
dream
of
returning
to
Kazounde
.
The
point
now
was
to
anticipate
Negoro
.
All
Dick
Sand
's
projects
must
tend
toward
that
end
.
Dick
Sand
was
now
putting
in
practise
the
plan
which
he
had
long
contemplated
,
of
gaining
the
coast
by
utilizing
the
current
of
a
river
or
a
stream
.
Now
,
the
watercourse
was
there
;
its
direction
was
northward
,
and
it
was
possible
that
it
emptied
into
the
Zaire
.
In
that
case
,
instead
of
reaching
St.
Paul
de
Loanda
,
it
would
be
at
the
mouth
of
the
great
river
that
Mrs.
Weldon
and
her
companions
would
arrive
.
This
was
not
important
,
because
help
would
not
fail
them
in
the
colonies
of
Lower
Guinea
.
Having
decided
to
descend
the
current
of
this
river
,
Dick
Sand
's
first
idea
was
to
embark
on
one
of
the
herbaceous
rafts
,
a
kind
of
floating
isle
(
of
which
Cameron
has
often
spoken
)
,
which
drifts
in
large
numbers
on
the
surface
of
African
rivers
.
But
Hercules
,
while
roaming
at
night
on
the
bank
,
had
been
fortunate
enough
to
find
a
drifting
boat
.
Dick
Sand
could
not
hope
for
anything
better
,
and
chance
had
served
him
kindly
.
In
fact
,
it
was
not
one
of
those
narrow
boats
which
the
natives
generally
use
.
The
perogue
found
by
Hercules
was
one
of
those
whose
length
exceeds
thirty
feet
,
and
the
width
four
--
and
they
are
carried
rapidly
on
the
waters
of
the
great
lakes
by
the
aid
of
numerous
paddles
.
Mrs.
Weldon
and
her
companions
could
install
themselves
comfortably
in
it
,
and
it
was
sufficient
to
keep
it
in
the
stream
by
means
of
an
oar
to
descend
the
current
of
the
river
.
At
first
,
Dick
Sand
,
wishing
to
pass
unseen
,
had
formed
a
project
to
travel
only
at
night
.
But
to
drift
twelve
hours
out
of
the
twenty-four
,
was
to
double
the
length
of
a
journey
which
might
be
quite
long
.
Happily
,
Dick
Sand
had
taken
a
fancy
to
cover
the
perogue
with
a
roof
of
long
grasses
,
sustained
on
a
rod
,
which
projected
fore
and
aft
.
This
,
when
on
the
water
,
concealed
even
the
long
oar
.
One
would
have
said
that
it
was
a
pile
of
herbs
which
drifted
down
stream
,
in
the
midst
of
floating
islets
.
Such
was
the
ingenious
arrangement
of
the
thatch
,
that
the
birds
were
deceived
,
and
,
seeing
there
some
grains
to
pilfer
,
red-beaked
gulls
,
"
arrhinisgas
"
of
black
plumage
,
and
gray
and
white
halcyons
frequently
came
to
rest
upon
it
.
Besides
,
this
green
roof
formed
a
shelter
from
the
heat
of
the
sun
.
A
voyage
made
under
these
conditions
might
then
be
accomplished
almost
without
fatigue
,
but
not
without
danger
.
In
fact
,
the
journey
would
be
a
long
one
,
and
it
would
be
necessary
to
procure
food
each
day
.
Hence
the
risk
of
hunting
on
the
banks
if
fishing
would
not
suffice
,
and
Dick
Sand
had
no
firearms
but
the
gun
carried
off
by
Hercules
after
the
attack
on
the
ant-hill
;
but
he
counted
on
every
shot
.
Perhaps
even
by
passing
his
gun
through
the
thatch
of
the
boat
he
might
fire
with
surety
,
like
a
butter
through
the
holes
in
his
hut
.
