ADVENTURES BY THE WAY. 259 



F. was sound asleep under his mosquito bar, and 

 I in my canvas chair was trying to catch the 

 breeze from an approaching deluge, to me came 

 a total stranger in a large turban. He was 

 without arms or baggage of any sort, an alien in 

 a strange and savage country. 



" Jambo, bwana m'kubwa (greeting, great 

 master) ! " said he. 



" Jambo," said I, as though his existence were 

 not in the least surprising, and went on reading. 

 This showed him that I was indeed a great 

 master. 



After a suitable interval I looked up. 



" Wataka neenee (what do you want) ? " I 

 demanded. 



" Nataka sema qua heri (I want to say good- 

 bye)," said this astonishing individual. 



I had, until that moment, been quite unaware 

 of his existence. As he had therefore not yet 

 said " How do you do," I failed to fathom his 

 reasons for wanting to say " good-bye." How- 

 ever, far be it from me to deny any one innocent 

 pleasure, so I gravely bade him good-bye, and 

 he disappeared into the howling wilderness 

 whence he had come. 



One afternoon we came upon two lemurs 



