Denique corpus exanimatum in flumen paene cernuat, nisi ego altero eius pede retento vix et aegre ad ripam superiorem attraxi, ubi defletum pro tempore comitem misellum arenosa humo in amnis vicinia sempiterna contexi.
Then his lifeless body nearly pitched forward into the river, except that I was just able to catch hold of one of his feet and with great effort drag him higher up on to the bank. There I mourned my poor friend as much as circumstances would allow and covered him over with sandy soil to remain forever beside the river.
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