Northern Nigeria 



night telling yarns, and shot my guinea-fowl 

 coverts by day, while my Yorubas and his Sene- 

 galese fraternized over two " fatted calves" I 

 gave them. He was a delightful companion to 

 have in the bush, and a most sporting and 

 adventurous fellow to boot. We parted with 

 regret on my side, anyhow and many promises 

 to meet again in London or Paris. When I 

 last heard from him, he wrote from Paris, that 

 he was just sailing for the river Amazon to 

 interview a cannibal chief, and that he would let 

 me hear all about it, "if he escaped the pot!" 

 I have not heard from him again, but have every 

 confidence in his being more than a match for 

 his " chef cannibal." 



Shortly after this I was locally promoted, and 

 ordered down to take charge of a company at 

 Lokoja, on the river. I was sorry to part with 

 my men, and they couldn't understand why they 

 couldn't come with me. My black sergeant came 

 to me with a deputation, who appeared to think 

 I was sick of them, and assured me that any 

 other soldiers I took over would, to put a long 

 speech shortly, not be a patch on them. 



Just before leaving, a lot more troops came 

 into Eiama, and we had one day another slight 

 attack of intoxication among the newly arrived 

 soldiers. As I had forbidden, and imagined I 

 had stopped, the importation of trade gin to 



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