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Strange sounds -- A night attack -- Kennedy and Joe in the tree -- Two shots -- "Help! help! " -- Reply in French -- The morning -- The missionary -- The plan of rescue.
The night came on very dark. The doctor had not been able to reconnoitre the country. He had made fast to a very tall tree, from which he could distinguish only a confused mass through the gloom.