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Updated: May 10, 2025
Had the course of the river been straight, there would have been no doubt about our ultimate escape, but it made numerous bends, sometimes running to the north, then to the south, then again to the west, so that it would be a long time before we could get out of the territory owned by King Kickubaroo. Now and then also the river was very broad, extending almost into a lake.
Our captor made a speech and described to the king how he had taken us prisoners. "Him tell big lie," whispered Aboh, who stood near me. "Him say great fight, we run 'way, him kill us." "What's the fellow's name?" I asked, meaning that of our first captor. "Him callee Mundungo." "And the King?" "Him King Kickubaroo." His majesty seemed perfectly satisfied with his general's statement.
She at once said she would do all she could to help us, but that her power, she was afraid, was very limited. She complained that her husband was constantly away on shooting expeditions, and that she held his drunken uncle, King Kickubaroo, in great awe, and that he evidently had no affection for her.
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