Henryk Sienkiewicz

Name: In Desert and Wilderness — Chapter 23
Author: Henryk Sienkiewicz

In Desert and Wilderness — Chapter 23 (1917)

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“In Desert and Wilderness — Chapter 23”, published in 1917, is a work by Henryk Sienkiewicz. It explores elements such as Stas, Kali and negroes.

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Henryk Sienkiewicz, In Desert and Wilderness — Chapter 23 (1917)

“ Sleep, though it did not quench their thirst, at least permitted them to forget it; so when night followed, the men, weary and exhausted with the whole day's march, dropped as though lifeless, wherever they stopped, and fell into deep slumber. Stas also fell asleep, but in his soul he had too many worries and was disturbed too much to sleep peacefully and long. After a few hours he awoke and began to meditate on what was to come, and where he could secure water for Nell, and for the whole caravan, together with the people and the animals. ”

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Henryk Sienkiewicz, In Desert and Wilderness — Chapter 23 (1917)

“ Taking advantage of the fact that at the last stopping place lions roared all night about the camp, Stas endeavored to convince his men that whoever ran away would unavoidably become their prey, and even if he passed the night on acacia boughs the still more terrible "wobo" would find him there. He said afterwards that wherever the antelopes live there must be water, and if in the further course of their journey they should chance upon a region entirely destitute of water, they could take enough of it with them in bags of antelope skin for two or three days' journey. ”

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Henryk Sienkiewicz, In Desert and Wilderness — Chapter 23 (1917)

“ The sun drank up the moisture and the life out of the soil more and more greedily and unmercifully. The grass shriveled and dried up to such a degree that it crumbled under the hoofs of the antelopes, and herds, rushing by, though not numerous, raised clouds of dust. ”

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Henryk Sienkiewicz, In Desert and Wilderness — Chapter 23 (1917)

“ In these huge globes there shot out lianas as thin as string, which, creeping over the ground, covered immense distances, forming a thicket so impenetrable that it would be difficult even for mice to penetrate it. ”

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Henryk Sienkiewicz, In Desert and Wilderness — Chapter 23 (1917)

“ The sky was cloudless, the days were excessively hot, and the night did not bring any rest.
The journey became each day more and more burdensome. In the villages which the caravan encountered, the extremely savage populace received it with fear, but principally with reluctance, and if it were not for the large number of armed guards as well as the sight of the white faces, the King, and Saba, great danger would have threatened the travelers.
With Kali's assistance Stas was able to ascertain that farther on there were no villages and that the country was waterless. ”

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Henryk Sienkiewicz, In Desert and Wilderness — Chapter 23 (1917)

“ M'Kunje and M'Pua did not, however, try their fortune a second time for the simple reason that Kali at sunset ordered them to be bound.
Nevertheless, the country became drier and drier, and the sun scorched the jungle unmercifully. Even acacias could not be seen. Herds of antelopes appeared continually but in smaller numbers. The donkey and the horses yet found sufficient food, as under the high, dry grass was hidden in many places lower grass, greener and less dry. But the King, though he was not fastidious, grew lean. ”

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Henryk Sienkiewicz, In Desert and Wilderness — Chapter 23 (1917)

“ At times they deposited their packs of dried meats and shields in one pile to find a little shade under them. Stas issued orders to save the water, but the negroes are like children, who have no thought of the morrow. Finally it was necessary to surround with a guard those who carried the supplies of water and to apportion the water to each one separately. Kali attended to this very conscientiously, but this consumed a great deal of time and delayed the march, and therefore the finding of some kind of watering-place. ”

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Henryk Sienkiewicz, In Desert and Wilderness — Chapter 23 (1917)

“ But after a certain time it seemed to him that he heard some kind of sound, resembling groans, coming from the direction in which the water-bags lay covered in the grass for the night. As the groans were repeated several times, he rose to see what was happening and, walking towards the grass plot a few score paces distant from the tent, he perceived two dark bodies lying near each other and two Remington barrels glistening in the moonlight.
"The negroes are always the same," he thought ”

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