134 THROUGH UNKNOWN AFRICAN COUNTRIES. 
warning after this; so in the evening I sent up two large 
ship-rockets, which made a great report that echoed 
among the hills as they left their brass sockets, and, after 
going high into the heavens, burst with a stunning boom 
and shower of lights. 
The effect was most salutary, crowds of natives coming 
early in the morning to inquire about the wonderful thing 
they had seen in the sky, saying they had been up all 
night in their villages, screaming and singing, as they did 
not know what would happen to them. We told them 
we could bring the stars down on them so as to crush all 
their villages, if we wished to, but that we had no idea 
of doing so, as long as they were friendly and did not 
steal. 
When Fred returned to camp after his usual morning’s 
hunt, he told me of an amusing episode that had hap- 
pened to him while among the Aulihans on the opposite 
side of the river : — 
“TI had come to the end of my beads and other odds 
and ends I carried as presents for the villagers, and _ find- 
ing it necessary to make one more present, I racked my 
brains to think what I could give. At last a happy 
thought struck me; so, taking off the paper label from 
a tin of jam, I made it wet and stuck it on the forehead 
of my black friend. His face lost itself in smiles, and 
by the way in which he wore it, stalking proudly about 
during the time I was at the village, I saw that my gift 
was much appreciated.” 
