Wind, However, Failed Him Soon; He Knew His
Disadvantage, And Tried To Hide By Plunging In The Water, - The
Worst Policy He Could Have Pursued, For The Men From The Bank
Above Him Soon Covered Him With Bristling Spears, And Gained
Their Victory.
Now, what was to be done with this huge carcass?
No one could be induced to leave it. A cow was ordered as a bribe
on reaching camp; but no, the buffalo was bigger than a cow, and
must be quartered on the spot; so, to gain our object, we went
ahead and left the rear men to follow, thus saving a cow in
rations, for we required to slaughter one every day.
By dint of hard perseverance we accomplished ten miles over the
same downs of tall grass with occasional swamps. We saw a herd
of hartebeest, and reached at night a place within easy run of
Koki in Gani.
The weather had now become fine. At length we reached the
habitations of men - a collection of conical huts on the ridge of
a small chain of granitic hills lying north-west. As we
approached the southern extremity of this chain, knots of naked
men, perched like monkeys on the granite blocks were anxiously
awaiting our arrival. The guides, following the usages of the
country, instead of allowing us to mount the hill and look out
for accommodation at once, desired us to halt, and sent on a
messenger to inform Chongi, the governor-general, that we were
visitors from Kamrasi, who desired he would take care of us and
forward us to our brothers.
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