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_April 28th_.--Crossed a forest of bauhiniers. Trees of straight timber--those which furnish the iron wood for the Portuguese. Heavy rain. Earth wet. March extremely painful. Perceived, toward the center of the convoy, poor Nan, carrying a little n***o child in her arms. She drags herself along with difficulty. The slave chained with her limps, and the blood flows from her shoulder, torn by lashes from the whip. In the evening camped under an enormous baobab with white flowers and a light green foliage. During the night roars of lions and leopards. Shots fired by one of the natives at a panther. What has become of Hercules? _April 29th and 30th_.--First colds of what they call the African winter. Dew very abundant. End of the rainy season with the month of April; it commences with the