CHAPTER XYIII. 



EETEEAT FEOM ASHANGO-LAND. 



A Palaver proposed to settle the Death of the Man — A Woman killed — 

 The War Cry ! — Ketreat commenced — Igala and myself wounded with 

 Poisoned Arrows — Narrow Escape of Macondai and Rebouka — We are 

 closely pursued by the Natives — Collections and Note-books thrown 

 into the Bush — We make a Stand — Two Men Shot — Pursuit continued 

 — I am Avounded a second time — Igalo shoots the Bowman — We make 

 another Stand — Cross the Bembo — Pass ]\Iobana — Still pursued — Make 

 a final Stand — Ihe Pursuers driven off at last — A Halt — The Party 

 all collected together — Sleep in the Forest — Night-March through 

 Niembouai — Friendly Conduct of the Head Chief — We are well 

 received at a Plantation — Arrival of Magouga — We continue the March 

 to Ishogo-land. 



For a moment there seemed a chance of the affair 

 bemg patched up. IgaLa had explained, in shouting 

 to the frightened Komho and tlie elders, that it was 

 all an accident, and that I would pay the A-alue of 

 twenty men in goods if they would listen to me. I 

 had hurriedly taken out a quantity of heads and 

 cloth and spread it on the ground in the middle 

 of the street, as the price of the life. One of the 

 head men had even come forward, saying " it is 

 good, let us hold the palaver." The war drums had 

 ceased heating. But it was but a gleam of sunshine 

 in the midst of a storm : at that moment a woman 

 came rushing out of a hut, wailing and tearing 

 her hair — the head v/ife of the friendly head man 



