This dugout formed one of the strongest kinds of canoe or boat known in Africa.
There was room for seven or eight in it, and Max, out of a pure spirit of mischief, determined that the naked native should be one of the party.
The man objected, but the Arabs seized him by the arms and legs and lifted him into the boat.
The poor fellow trembled as though he had one of those terrible agues so prevalent in some countries, and which makes one:
“Shake! shake! shake!
Shudder, and cower, and quake,
Till every nerve has its separate quiver,
And every sinew its separate shiver,
And every bone its particular ache;
For either he or the chill must break!