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Following the Equator
Part 6

CHAPTER, LVIII
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Then the screams ceased, but the groans lasted till morning.
"The sun rose as usual.

When he had been up nearly three hours the five repaired to the scene of their labors over night.

They were attended by a few sweepers, who proceeded to transfer the contents of the house to a dry well situated behind some trees which grew hard by.

'The bodies,' says one who was present throughout, 'were dragged out, most of them by the hair of the head.

Those who had clothing worth taking were stripped.


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