TWO MORE MEN MISSING 



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of them, a sturdy young fellow, named Matcliako, had shown 

 signs of fever the night before, and was to have had some 

 quinine in the morning, but could not be found. The other 

 was a slave of Maktubu (himself a slave), and we had really 

 nothing to do with him, only he had carried off a 10-bore 

 rifle belonging to Count Teleki. Maktubu had flogged the man 

 the day before, which perhaps accounted for his disappear- 

 ance. In spite of every eflbrt we never found him again. 



During the next nis^ht one of Jumbe Kimemeta's men dis- 



HUNTING CATFISH IN RAIN POOLS. 



appeared, the same who had already deserted to the Eeshiat and 

 been fetched back, taking with him the stufls, beads, silver 

 money, and other small things belonging to his master. 

 Kimemeta had not punished the man when he captured him 

 the first time, but merely gave him a good lecture. We had 

 warned the leaders of the caravan the very day before these 

 fugitives got ofl" that we were approaching a turning point in 

 the journey, when the march across the dreaded waterless 



