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ACROSS AFRICA. 



[Chap. 



August, 

 1873. 



As a long march lay before us, I roused the carap at 3 a.m., 

 but could not get away before five o'clock, owing to the pagazi 

 hiding in the jungle, to endeavor to escape carrying their loads 

 in the darkness. 



When fairly started, Dillon and I left the road in the hope 

 of shooting something for the pot ; but a few antelope out of 

 range, and two lions six hundred yards away, quietly strolling 

 home after their night's ramble, were all the game we saw. 

 Unable to get any sport, we rejoined the main body, and halted 

 for breakfast at a small pond, in which some water still re- 

 mained, although it had been reported as dried up. 







VILLAGE IN UNYANYEMBE. 



Some Wanyamwezi — taking ivory and honey to TJnyanyembe 

 — who joined us the night before, now went on by themselves, 

 and, nnich to our astonishment, we shortly met them returning 

 in haste and disorder. They reported that they had been at- 

 tacked by Ruga-ruga, losing two women slaves, their ivory and 

 honey; and one of their men had been wounded. They also 

 said the Ruga -ruga were on the lookout for our party, and 

 therefore it behooved us to be careful. 



Hearing this, we closed up the caravan, distributed the guns 

 along the line at erpial intervals, and prepared to resist any at- 

 tack that might be made on us ; and on arriving, in tlie aft- 

 ernoon, at a ziwa of some size, we decided to camp and build 

 around us a strong boma, or fence, with one flank resting on the 



