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Kennedy's dreams -- Articles and pronouns in the plural -- Dick's insinuations -- A promenade over the map of Africa -- What is contained between two points of the compass -- Expeditions now on foot -- Speke and Grant -- Krapf, De Decken, and De Heuglin.
Dr. Ferguson energetically pushed the preparations for his departure, and in person superintended the construction of his balloon, with certain modifications; in regard to which he observed the most absolute silence. For a long time past he had been applying himself to the study of the Arab language and the various Mandingoe idioms, and, thanks to his talents as a polyglot, he had made rapid progress.