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Title: The Pools of Silence

Author: H. de Vere Stacpoole

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Language: English

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THE
POOLS OF SILENCE

BY
H. de VERE STACPOOLE

AUTHOR OF
"THE BLUE LAGOON," "THE CRIMSON AZALEAS,"
"GARRYOWEN," ETC.

NEW YORK
DUFFIELD & COMPANY
1910

Copyright, 1910, by
DUFFIELD & COMPANY

Published, July, 1910
THE TROW PRESS, NEW YORK

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I

CHAPTER PAGE
I. A Lecture Of Thenard's 3
II. Dr. Duthil 11
III. Captain Berselius 19
IV. Schaunard 30
V. Marseilles 42

PART TWO

VI. Matadi 51
VII. Yandjali 56
VIII. The Voice Of The Congo Forest 64
IX. Big Game 72
X. M'bassa 80
XI. Andreas Meeus 84
XII. Night at the Fort 94

PART THREE

XIII. The Pools of Silence 101
XIV. Behind the Mask 110
XV. The Punishment 115
XVI. Due South 123
XVII. Sun-washed Spaces 127
XVIII. Far Into Elephant Land 130
XIX. The Great Herd 140
XX. The Broken Camp 152
XXI. The Feast of the Vultures 159
XXII. The Lost Guide 164
XXIII. Beyond the Skyline 173
XXIV. The Sentence of the Desert 181
XXV. Toward the Sunset 187
XXVI. The Fading Mist 192
XXVII. I Am the Forest 200
XXVIII. God Sends a Guide 204
XXIX. The Vision of the Pools