CHAPTER XXI 



A ROGUE ELEPHANT KILLS ALADDIN 



NEXT day we continued our march towards 

 Marsabit, but had to go rather slowly on account of 

 B., who was feverish and had to be carried in a 

 hammock, while Mrs. B. and I took it in turns, 

 when it got very hot, to walk beside him with an 

 umbrella to shade him from the fierce rays of the 

 sun. 



The path was bushy, but there were few thorn 

 trees, which was a great comfort, for where these 

 abound the unfortunate porters have a very bad time, 

 as they keep catching . in the loads as the men 

 walk along. Once during this toilsome march we 

 suddenly came upon a lion right in our path, about 

 100 yards ahead. He galloped off the moment he 

 caught sight of us, and made for a bit of thicket 

 away to our left. I put Aladdin after him at his 

 top speed, but the lion made good his escape among 

 the dense bush, from which, in spite of my best efforts, 

 I was unable to cut him off. 



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