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But Charles Bramble was familiar with these tricks of the race, and saluting the guide kindly told him his plans, and asked if he could guide him on the route. BUT CHARLES BRAMBLE WAS FAMILIAR WITH THESE TRICKS OF THE RACE AND SALUTING THE GUIDE KINDLY TOLD HIM HIS PLANS AND ASKED IF HE COULD GUIDE HIM ON HIS ROUTE
n a rough school-boy hand, that he, Leonard Hast, had intended to come to see him off, but that he could not, and that the bearer was a faithful guide, somewhat eccentric, but reliable. Charles Bramble looked carefully for a few moments at the companion of his long and dangerous journey. He saw before him the person of a negro, slender, agile, rather below the usual height, and clothed after the style of the settlers, in pants and jacket, but with a red handkerchief bound upon the head. In a coarse, leathern belt, the negro wore a short double-edged knife and a pistol, while in his hand he held a short, sharp spear, which served for staff and weapon both, and was designed more particularly for defence against the wild animals that infested the jungle in all directions. The guide was painted in the face after fantastic style often adopted by the shore tribes in Africa, in alternate lines of red and yellow and white, so as to give a most strange and inhuman expression to the countenance. RLES OPENED THE PAPER AND READ IN A ROUGH SCHOOLBOY HAND THAT HE LEONARD HUST HAD INTENDED TO COME SEE HIM OFF BUT THAT HE COULD NOT AND THAT THE BEARER WAS A FAITHFUL GUIDE SOMEWHAT ECCENTRIC BUT RELIABLE CHARLES BRAMBLE LOOKED CAREFULLY FOR A FEW MOMENTS AT THE COMPANION OF HIS LONG AND DANGEROUS JOURNEY HE SAW BEFORE HIM THE PERSON OF A NEGRO SLENDER AGILE RATHER BELOW THE USUAL HEIGHT AND CLOTHED AFTER THE STYLE OF THE SETTLERS IN PANTS AND JACKET BUT WITH A RED HANDKERCHIEF BOUND UPON THE HEAD IN A COARSE LEATHERN BELT THE NEGRO WORE A SHIRT DOUBLE EDGED KNIFE AND PISTOL WHILE IN HIS HAND HE HELD A SHORT SHARP SPEAR WHICH SERVED FOR STAFF AND WEAPON BOTH AND WAS DESIGNED MORE PARTICULARLY FOR DEFENCE AGAINST THE WILD ANIMALS THAT INFESTED THE JUNGLE IN ALL DIRECTIONS THE GUIDE WAS PAINTED IN THE FACE AFTER FANTASTIC STYLE OFTEN ADOPTED BY THE SHORE TRIBES IN AFRICA IN ALTERNATE LINES OF RED AND YELLOW AND WHITE SO AS TO GIVE A MOST STRANGE AND INHUMAN EXPRESSION TO THE COUNTENANCE
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