" JAMBO, BWANA " 



I assured him that such was not the case, as East Africa 

 is considerably over two thousand miles from the Trans- 

 vaal. Then again, some are apt to think that because 

 Blantyre is in Central Africa, it is within a few hours' 

 reach of Wadelai. Look at the map and see ! At the 

 present moment, the number of white people living who 

 have been up the Kibali, M'Bomu, Welle districts, could 

 be counted on the fingers. Hence the impossibility of 

 obtaining correct maps of this country. 



We came to a halt when we had travelled for two 



hours, and after a consultation between P and myself, 



we decided that I should go ahead and acquaint the 

 Superintendent of Marine of our approaching safari. 

 Taking the "405 Winchester and two boys, I set out 



again ahead of P and the carriers. It was reckoned 



by our bearings that we were now about four hours 

 from Butiaba. Setting off at a brisk walk we soon left 

 the chattering mob of carriers far behind. The moon 

 was now almost directly above our heads as we parted 

 the bushes and stepped into a small stream reaching 

 over the ankles, and commenced to toil up the opposite 

 slope, on reaching the top of which I could faintly dis- 

 cern the outline of the foam-fringed shore of the lake 

 hundreds of feet below us. 



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