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IN THE GRIP OF THE NYIKA 



CHAP. 



Our next march was a particularly difficult one, 

 through tangled vegetation and across numerous 

 ravines and rivers. As we emerged from some 

 dense tropical growth, we unexpectedly found our- 



" THE WOMEN WEAR BEAUTIFULLY WORKED 

 GOATSKINS." 



selves on the bank of a swifdy flowing stream, 

 which the guide told me was called the Mutonga. 

 I saw that the crossino- would be a difficult one, so 

 called for a man who could swim well to 0^0 over 



