In Search of an Unknown Race — page 38: what you’re looking at

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30 VAN. ‘‘Well,” interrupted Tom, ‘‘ for one thing, I want to see something of this new country, and then I’ve got something else in prospect that perhaps I'll tell you about later on. [I'll furnish everything we want for such an undertaking,” he added, as the negro stood scratching his woolly pate with an expression of almost ludicrous astonishment. Seeing that the manly-looking sunburned young fel- low before him was in earnest, Tom pursed up his thick lips and began to whistle in a thoughtful sort of way. ‘“Two can't get along wid dis hebby boat noway. S pose I ‘gree to go, mebbe we can swap him for lighter one ?” returned the negro, inquiringly, and Van knew that Tom would accompany him. ‘‘Very good,” he answered ; and then after a little thought he went on: ‘““Now while I go up town and see about getting a bill of exchange cashed, you, Tom, look round and see what sort of a bargain you can drive with some of these fellows for such a boat as we want in exchange for the launch. I’ll be back before very long, and then we can see about provisioning her.” : *¢ Bueno,” was the concise response, and leaving Tom, who spoke the language with considerable fluency, to his own devices, Van ran up the custom-house steps. So many strange and novel objects arrested his atten- tion on the way up town, that he had barely time to get his bill of exchange cashed, before the great doors of the bank were closed for the day. Through the aid of an interpreter, Van succeeded in obtaining two Bank of England notes for fifty poundseach. These he replaced in his money belt as a reserve for future emergencies Eomichooks Go