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Across the water, slower paced, came the dread concussion of sound. "Good God! It's carried away the whole island!" I heard the mate's voice bellowing above the cries of the men. The Sylph scudded before the approaching storm of fire redescending from the sky.... The first gray of the dawn disclosed Mrs.
We embarked on the 8th of May at sunrise, after having carefully examined the bottom of our canoe. It had become thinner, but had received no crack in the portage. We reckoned that it would still bear the voyage of three hundred leagues, which we had yet to perform, in going down the Rio Negro, ascending the Cassiquiare, and redescending the Orinoco as far as Angostura.
This meeting alarmed the Indians so much, that they fled precipitately, redescending the Guaviare. It is probable, that these bearded white men came from the villages of Aroma and San Martin, the Rio Guaviare being formed by the union of the rivers Ariari and Guayavero.
The bag quickly rose and vanished. Previous to redescending, our hero had arranged with Rooney to have pieces of sail-cloth in readiness to wrap the bags in the instant of their being got into the small boat, so that when being transferred to the large boat's locker, their form and contents might be concealed from the pilot, Dwarro.
'The phloxes did you say? she asked, coolly redescending the steps. 'Then round here, please. She led the way, he followed, conscious of an utter relaxation of nerve and will which for the moment had something intoxicating in it. 'There are your phloxes, she said, stopping before a splendid line of plants in full blossom. Her self-respect was whole again; her spirits rose at a bound.
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