The day came upon them with the suddenness that in these African seashe had come to know so well. Speak, Aboli! What is it that you lack? I must have one hundred and fifty of your finest warriors to protectme, for a dreadful enemy lies in wait for me. The softer splashes thrown up by Schreuder did not attract theirattention until he was only a dozen strokes from the far bank, when oneof the monsters sensed his presence. As the Governor's feet touched African soil the first cannon shot of asalute of fourteen rang out.
The sergeant drew backthe latch on the peephole and Slow John stepped up to it. The crew knew that, weight forweight and pound for pound, those spices were as precious as bars ofsilver. They came scrambling and strainingup the slope. They sobered and he went on.
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