[5] We were then at the Barra.

[6] I keep two of these pistols in case any one would be willing to order some, so as to push it.—I. B.

[7] Faubourg St. Alyre, "la Fontaine petrifiante" (like Matlock), issues from volcanic tufa on granite. Carbonic acid dissolves calcareous matter.

[8] There were three things Richard could never resist—a pilgrimage to a holy shrine, mining, and talking with and enjoying gypsies' society.

[9] Which turned out afterwards to be an error—it was the head waters of the Great Zaire or Congo River that he discovered.

[10] Dr. Livingstone died with this belief, but he had really discovered the head-waters of the Great Zaire or Congo River (1892).

[11] They both arrived five months later, and, strange to say, intact.


[CHAPTER XX.]