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two rockets we sent up kept everyone at a distance. Utahaj 

 went away but returned almost immediately, bringing a sheep 

 with him as compensation for the injury, and he spent the night 

 in our camp. He and Terr ere examined the arrow and, with 

 much head-shaking, decided that it was poisoned. 



Our camp was at a height of about 6,184 feet, and the 

 weather was very dull and cloudy, quite cold and misty in the 

 early mornings. We remained here another day to accustom 

 the natives to the presence of a caravan in their midst. The 

 news would be sure to spread throughout the land, and the 

 natives further on would be assured of our peaceful intentions 

 before we appeared. We were anxious, too, to give the out- 

 lying Samaki an opportunity to come and make friends with us. 



In spite of the unfavourable weather natives came to the 

 camp long before daybreak the next morning, but waited 

 patiently outside, shivering with cold, till we gave them leave 

 to come in. We were anxious at once to heighten our fence, 

 so as to protect us from arrows, at least ; and soon we had 

 some difficulties to settle with the people of the next valley. 



Contrary to our expectations the Samaki who had professed 

 himself ready to make friends with us the day before, and had 

 even sent us a sheep for the ceremony, now declined to have 

 anything to do with us. True, we had had to send his sheep back, 

 as it did not meet the required conditions of the ceremony, 

 which are that the animal sacrificed should be quite white or 

 quite black. Of course such animals are difficult to get, and 

 when one is procured there can be no doubt of the chief being 

 in earnest in the matter. In this case the Samaki had slept 

 upon it, and decided to have nothing whatever to do with us, 

 and would not hear of our marching any further. Instead 

 of coming to see us he sent a message that any attempt on our 

 part to cross the brook would be resisted by force, and that he 

 meant what he said was evident from the assembling of a 



