Of Natives Or Of Human Habitations,
However, We Saw No Signs, And Indeed The Whole
Region Was So Dry And Waterless As To Be Quite
Uninhabitable.
The animals that require water
have to make a nightly journey to and from the
Sabaki, which accounts for the thousands of
animal paths leading from the plateau to the
river.
By this time we were all beginning to feel
very tired, and the bhisti's stock of water was
running low. I therefore climbed the highest
tree I could find in order to have a good look
round, but absolutely nothing could I see in any
direction but the same flat thorny wilderness,
interspersed here and there with a few green
trees; not a landmark of any sort or kind
as far as the eye could reach; a most hopeless,
terrible place should one be lost in it, with certain
death either by thirst or by savage beasts staring
one in the face. Clearly, then, the only thing
to do was to return to the river; and in order to
accomplish this before dark it was necessary that
no time should be lost. But we had been winding
in and out so much through the animal paths that
it was no easy matter to say in which direction the
Sabaki lay. First I consulted my Wa Kamba
followers as to the route back, they simply shook
their heads. Then I asked Mahina, who pointed
out a direction exactly opposite to that which I
felt confident was the right one.
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