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Joe in a fit of rage -- The death of a good man -- The night of watching by the body -- Barrenness and drought -- The burial -- The quartz rocks -- Joe's hallucinations -- A precious ballast -- A survey of the gold-bearing mountains -- The beginning of Joe's despair.
A magnificent night overspread the earth, and the missionary lay quietly asleep in utter exhaustion.