CHAPTER 2CXTP. 
THE FourTH oF JULY IN AFRICA—AN UNFORTUNATE OCCURRENCE — 
NATIVES ATTEMPT TO LOOT Us, USING BEES aS ALLIES — THE AMAR 
ARE AFRAID TO ATTACK Us — ‘Two PRISONERS — WADING BAREFOOTED 
DOWN A RIVER — “SLEEPY EvYES”’ AND “ZEBRA HIDE” GET INTO A 
Ticht PLack — BrauTIFUL MONKEys — AFTER WADING FIvE Days, WE 
LEAVE THE RIVER. 
yN DISGUSTING affair occurred as we were leaving 
camp in the morning. Dodson and I had gone 
ahead of the caravan, feeling delighted that we had left the 
natives in peace, when we heard many shots fired in the 
direction of the camp. Hastily turning back the camels 
that were leading, we rushed to the camp, to find that the 
natives had tried to run away with three of our cattle, and 
that my men had fired on them, killing two. This was 
most disappointing news, as we had tried to hold friendly 
relations with the Bunno; but when we had done all in 
our power to win their friendship, and they then proved 
treacherous, the penalty must be on their own heads. 
The natives of Africa are generally, however, “ unconscion- 
able wretches,” as Livingstone would say when he was 
put out by them. Being continually on the lookout for 
attack was not pleasant, as it prevented in a great measure 
collecting and shooting; and besides this, a sense of secu- 
rity, a feeling that in all probability we should be alive a 
week hence, would have been a welcome change for us. 
We had a rough tussle with the camels to get them up the 
pass, although all their loads were carried by my _ boys. 
