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All this he could distinctly make out, and certainly it was anything but agreeable to him. But Charles Bramble knew the race he had to deal with; he fully understood the fact that one after white man with his wits about him was equal to cope with a dozen of them at any time, and he felt prepared. ALL THIS HE COULD DISTINCTLY MAKE OUT AND CERTAINLY WAS ANYTHING BUT AGREEABLE TO HIM BUT CHARLES BRAMBLE KNEW THE RACE HE HAD TO DEAL WITH HE FULLY UNDERSTOOD THE FACT THAT ONE AFTER WHITE MAN WITH HIS WITS ABOUT HIM WAS EQUAL TO COPE WITH A DOZEN OF THEM AT ANY TIME AND HE FELT PREPARED
uch pains to familiarize himself with the language spoken by the shore tribes in the south, and he now had little difficulty in understanding a considerable portion of the remarks which were making by the gang who were secreted in the jungle so near to where he was lying, while he pretended sleep. He soon learned that his guide was followed by a half dozen or more of negroes, who had lately visited Sierra Leone on some business of their own, and who, in common with the guide, belonged to a fierce and warlike tribe, whose chief village was but a few leagues from Don Leonardo's factory. At first it was difficult to make out the actual purport of their scheme, though Charles Bramble could guess what he did not hear, and was satisfied that the cannibals intended to lead him, apparently in good faith, to the neighborhood of their village, where he was to be seized, sacrificed to some deity of these poor ignorant creatures' manufacture, and afterwards be eaten in council with great ceremony. YAGE TAKEN MUCH PAINS TO FAMILIARIZE HIMSELF WITH THE LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY THE SHORE TRIBES IN THE SOUTH AND NOW HE HAD LITTLE DIFFICULTY IN UNDERSTANDING A CONSIDERABLE PORTION OF THE REMARKS WHICH WERE MAKING BY THE GANG WHO WERE SECRETED IN THE JUNGLE SO NEAR TO WHERE HE WAS LYING WHILE HE WAS PRETENDING SLEEP HE SOON LEARNED THAT HIS GUIDE WAS FOLLOWED BY HALF A DOZEN OR MORE OF NEGROES WHO HAD LATELY VISITED SIERRA LEONE ON SOME BUSINESS OF THEIR OWN AND WHO IN COMMON WITH THE GUIDE BELONGED TO A FIERCE AND WARLIKE TRIBE WHOSE CHIEF VILLAGE WAS BUT A FEW LEAGUES FROM DON LEONARDO'S FACTORY AT FIRST IT WAS DIFFICULT TO MAKE OUT THE ACTUAL PURPORT OF THEIR SCHEME ALTHOUGH CHARLES BRAMBLE COULDUESS WHAT HE DID NOT HEAR AND WAS SATISFIED THAT THE CANNIBALS INTENDED TO LEAD HIM APPARENTLY IN GOOD FAITH TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THEIR VILLAGE WHERE HE WAS TO BE SEIZED SACRIFICED TO SOME DEITY OF THOSE POOR IGNORANT CREATURES MANUFACTURER AND AFTERWARDS BE EATEN IN COUNSEL WITH GREAT CEREMONY
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