AT FORT LAMY 139 



Kusseri was walking off completely cured — very angry 

 and hurt, but well. 



We were expecting important despatches from Mai- 

 foni, and also we were very busy writing, so that we 

 remained at Fort Lamy for some time. Everyone was 

 most good to us, and nothing could have exceeded 

 Captain Facon's kindness. 



Each night we dined out or had some of our friends 

 to dinner with us, and each night the same plates, 

 glasses, cups, and chairs were carried round, for no one 

 person is able to contribute enough for the needs of a 



Native Brass-casts op the Fbench Doctor and Resident. 



whole party. In fact, we were no longer able to pro- 

 vide enough for ourselves, and at one point in our 

 journey the same broken cup had to do service for tea, 

 for lime-juice, and as a toilet tumbler. 



Captain Facon generously gave us a present of two 

 cups and saucers, which saved us from the dreaded 

 hardship of drinking out of enamelled mugs. 



Perhaps the untravelled reader will think, as I did at 

 first, that china and glass were almost unwarrantable 

 luxuries. Luckily, however, Mr Talbot was both ex- 

 perienced and firm. He knew that after a little while 

 we should get to hate the fresh shiny surface of enamel. 



