The next week passed without special incident, excepting that one
afternoon the whole party went hunting, bringing down a large
quantity of birds, and several small animals, including an
antelope, which to the boys looked like a Maine deer excepting for
the peculiar formation of its horns.
"I wonder how Mr. Blaze is making out?" said Tom, when they were
returning to camp from the hunt.
"Oh, I reckon he is blasting away at game," laughed Sam, and Tom
at once groaned over the attempted joke.
"Perhaps we will meet him some day -- if he's in this territory,"
put in Dick. "But just now I am looking for nobody but father."
"And so are all of us," said Tom and Sam promptly.
They were getting deeper and deeper into the jungle and had to
take good care that they did not become separated. Yet Cujo said
he understood the way perfectly and often proved his words by
mentioning something which they would soon reach, a stream, a
little lake, or a series of rocks with a tiny waterfall.
"Been ober dis ground many times," said the guide.
"I suppose this is the ground Stanley covered in his famous
expedition along the Congo," remarked Dick, as they journeyed
along. "But who really discovered the country, Uncle Randolph?"
"That is a difficult question to answer, Dick. The Portuguese,
the Spanish, and the French all claim that honor, along with the
English. I fancy different sections, were discovered by different
nationalities.
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