ThewaterwasdiscoloredacircumstancewhichwehadobservedinnoriverinLondaorintheMakololocountryThisfineriverflowsamongextensivemeadowsclothedwithgiganticgrassandreeds，andinadirectionnearlynorth。

　　TheQuangoissaidbythenativestocontainmanyvenomouswater-snakes，whichcongregatenearthecarcassofanyhippopotamusthatmaybekilledinitIfthisistrue，itmayaccountforallthevillageswesawbeingsituatedfarfromitsbanks。

　　Wewereadvisednottosleepnearit；but，aswewereanxioustocrosstothewesternside，wetriedtoinducesomeoftheBashinjetolenduscanoesforthepurposeThisbroughtoutthechiefoftheseparts，whoinformedusthatallthecanoe-menwerehischildren，andnothingcouldbedonewithouthisauthorityHethenmadetheusualdemandforaman，anox，oragun，addingthatotherwisewemustreturntothecountryfromwhichwehadcomeAsIdidnotbelievethatthismanhadanypoweroverthecanoesoftheotherside，andsuspectedthatifIgavehimmyblankettheonlythingInowhadinreserve

　　hemightleaveusinthelurchafterall，Itriedtopersuademymentogoatoncetothebank，abouttwomilesoff，andobtainpossessionofthecanoesbeforewegaveuptheblanket；buttheythoughtthatthischiefmightattackusintheactofcrossing，shouldwedoso。

　　Thechiefcamehimselftoourencampmentandmadehisdemandagain。

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