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Return from the voyage of discovery. A nocturnal alarm.
My poor boy now began to complain heavily of fatigue; the bundle of sugarcanes galled his shoulders, and he was obliged to move it from place to place. At last, he stopped to take breath. No, cried he, I never could have thought that a few sugarcanes could be so heavy. How sincerely I pity the poor Negroes who carry them in even larger quantities, and to a greater distance! I should however be so glad, if my mother and my brother could but partake of our booty!