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On the Irrawaddy

CHAPTER 11: Donabew
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See, there are six guns lying in the road; and you will find plenty of ammunition on those fellows that have fallen.
There are some spears and swords, too.

Of course, you can do nothing if a number of these fellows come; but if there are only two or three, you and the women ought to be able to dispose of them.

Now we must ride on." On the third day they arrived at Tharawa, and found that Sir A.
Campbell, who had been assured by the natives that Bandoola had retreated, had continued his march the day before.

The place was so large that Stanley thought it unsafe for them to sleep there, and they rode on to a little village, two miles away.

Here they were received with great deference, the passage of the troops the day before having profoundly impressed the villagers.


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