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Henry Morton Stanley, Dorothy Stanley, The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, part 2.13, chapter 2.19 (search)
boards of the boat up for paddles. The canoes advancing fiercely on us, we desisted from paddling. I loaded my elephant-rifle with explosive bullets, and when the foremost canoe was about eighty yards off, took deliberate aim at a spot in it between wind and water. The shell struck, and tore a large fragment from the brittle wood. The canoe sank. Another canoe soon after met the same fate; the others returned. We were saved! After being seventy-six hours without food, we reached Refuge Island. We shot some ducks, and discovered some wild fruit. Delicious evening,--how we enjoyed it! The next day we made new oars; and, finally, after fifty-seven days absence from our camp, relieved our anxious people. But where is Barker? I asked Frank Pocock. He died twelve days ago, sir, and lies there, pointing to a new mound of earth near the landing-place. I must pass briefly over many months, replete with adventures, sorrow, suffering, perils by flood and field. Within a