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The Outlying Pickets of the New World

           LastnightChallengersaidthathenevercaredtowalkontheThamesEmbankmentandlookuptheriver,asitwasalwayssadtoseeone’sowneventualgoal.Heisconvinced,ofcourse,thatheisdestinedforWestminsterAbbey.Summerleerejoined,however,withasoursmile,bysayingthatheunderstoodthatMillbankPrisonhadbeenpulleddown.Challenger’sconceitistoocolossaltoallowhimtobereallyannoyed.Heonlysmiledinhisbeardandrepeated"Really!Really!"inthepityingtoneonewouldusetoachild.Indeed,theyarechildrenboththeonewizenedandcantankerous,theotherformidableandoverbearing,yeteachwithabrainwhichhasputhiminthefrontrankofhisscientificage.Brain,character,soulonlyasoneseesmoreoflifedoesoneunderstandhowdistinctiseach.

           Theverynextdaywedidactuallymakeourstartuponthisremarkableexpedition.Wefoundthatallourpossessionsfittedveryeasilyintothetwocanoes,andwedividedourpersonnel,sixineach,takingtheobviousprecautionintheinterestsofpeaceofputtingoneProfessorintoeachcanoe.Personally,IwaswithChallenger,whowasinabeatifichumor,movingaboutasoneinasilentecstasyandbeamingbenevolencefromeveryfeature.Ihavehadsomeexperienceofhiminothermoods,however,andshallbethelesssurprisedwhenthethunderstormssuddenlycomeupamidstthesunshine.Ifitisimpossibletobeatyourease,itisequallyimpossibletobedullinhiscompany,foroneisalwaysinastateofhalf-tremulousdoubtastowhatsuddenturnhisformidabletempermaytake.

           Fortwodayswemadeourwayupagood-sizedriversomehundredsofyardsbroad,anddarkincolor,buttransparent,sothatonecouldusuallyseethebottom.TheaffluentsoftheAmazonare,halfofthem,ofthisnature,whiletheotherhalfarewhitishandopaque,thedifferencedependingupontheclassofcountrythroughwhichtheyhaveflowed.

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