Such was the shock as it hitthe steel links that Wad Hagma's untrained hands and arms were numbedto the elbows. He could not helpglancing back. At last he bellowedacross, All secure, Captain. Their blood dribbled out of thebullet-holes and trickled down the outside of the hulls, like claretspilt from the goblet of a drunkard.
Salida looked upon him, and he was pleasing to a father's eye. It has been conjectured that furs andskins were worn, but there is no explicit mention of anything of thekind. So the captain abandonedthem and sailed back to Khartoum. Then he was able to assesshis situation.
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