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and he was to be given the load of our things to 

 carry and turned into a pagasi (porter). 



All that night we walked, and at daylight 

 next morning found ourselves on a hill overlooking 

 a German boma. The enemy, however, had just 

 evacuated it, and were camped some few miles 

 back in the hills, where we could see their fires ; 

 two or three small parties passed close during the 

 morning. In the evening we had a walk through 

 their former camp, which must have held about 

 10 whites and ioo blacks ; it still contained about 

 50 unfit porters, left behind in a terribly emaciated 

 state. The local inhabitants were friendly to us, 

 and we spent the next day in hiding by the side 

 of the big Kiberaschi road which runs to the west. 

 We failed to catch anybody, and, being anxious 

 about Lewis, walked back all that night through 

 the bush to find him at daybreak just where we 

 had left him. He was none too well, but able to 

 ride, so from there we rode back to Kiberaschi 

 again, and paid a visit to a big German rubber 

 plantation at a place called Kwedi Boma. The 

 fine homestead there had been left as if the owner 

 had just gone out for a walk. We entered the 

 house without hesitation, and inside helped our- 

 selves to many necessaries, particularly quinine, 

 of which we were badly in need, for we were, all 

 three, more or less suffering from fever that day. 

 Not daring to stay very long, and having learnt 

 that the German overseer, a Goanese, had been 

 cutting trees and falling them across the Kandeni 



