Note 29 — Chapter XIII
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Von Elking, Vol. II, pp. 144-5. “It proved a horrible march. It almost continually rained. The men were forced to wade up to their ankles through the soft ground, or through mud. It was only possible to cross the greatly swollen streams by means of the trunks of the trees. The men could only pass singly on them, and the one who missed his footing, and stept into the water below was irretrievably lost.”