246 THROUGH UNKNOWN AFRICAN COUNTRIES: 
flowing through a valley more than three thousand feet 
below us. 
It was rough work; but before dark we had descended 
about a thousand feet to a beautiful little brook, the third 
stream we had seen on the march. Ola caused us con- 
siderable amusement at one time, when she became a little 
tired from marching. Not having been accustomed to 
wearing much clothing, she found the large cloak I had 
given her very annoying, and in a fit of temper threw the 
whole thing to one side, making herself appear so ludi- 
crous, as she danced about naked, that my boys could not 
help setting up shouts of laughter. Finally Ola began to 
realize that the boys were making fun of her because she 
was not even wearing her accustomed skirt, and picked 
up again her discarded “ merikeni;” but she only tied the 
cloth around her waist this time, vowing she would never 
more endure wearing anything over her shoulders. 
