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started early and were overhauling me and no
“Well, then, long before daylight I was up and off, feeling my way as best I could in the first grey glimpses of dawn, so that I got a good start—at least I thought so; but soon I found my pursuers had also started early and were overhauling me; and no wonder, seeing that their canoes were large and well manned.
— from The Rover of the Andes: A Tale of Adventure on South America by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

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