136 SPORTING AND 



After a consultation we decided upon 

 going in a southerly direction, as we 

 thought it would take us more speedily 

 out of the way of our implacable enemies, 

 and the result proved we were right. The 

 whole of this day we kept on crawling 

 from one jungle to another, and if we saw 

 men journeying, or minding cattle in the 

 fields, we crouched down under bushes, 

 lying still till they had moyed on and were 

 out of sight. One shepherd gave us a 

 a great deal of trouble ; he saw us and 

 could not make out what we were doing, 

 and his curiosity induced him to stare 

 hard at us, continually stopping to stare 

 again, which alarmed us, and I need not 

 say that when he at last moved off, we 

 were not long in following his example. 

 No bad result followed, but I often wonder 

 if he informed against us, for I am quite 



