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however, to be obliCTed to order a halt when we sot to our old 

 camping-place of April 2. Here the fever increased, accom- 

 panied by pains in the hmbs and neck, and even by dehrium, 

 but the rise in temperature was not so great as to cause anxiety, 

 and after a day's rest the fever fortunately abated, so that, 

 though very weak, the patient was able to resume the march. 



This halt was a very fortunate one for our people, many of 

 whom had found it so difficult to get along with such heavy 

 loads that they had hidden the dhurra by the way, meaning to 

 go back and fetch it, which they were now able to do. Some 

 poor fellows had to do the day's march tlu'ee times to get all 

 their loads into camp, and as we were often making double 

 marches they were sometimes on their legs for twenty hours at 

 a stretch. And not only did they do this without grumbling, 

 but secretly, so that we should know nothing about it. 



One of Jumbe Kimemeta's men preferred voluntary slavery 

 amongst the Eeshiat to a hungry march with us, and disap- 

 peared during the first night, but he was brought back again 

 whilst we were halting. To set against this, a Burkeneji 

 woman, no longer in her first youth, left her husband in Eeshiat, 

 and linked her fortunes to ours. The women of this tribe seem 

 very fond of wandering about the country, and the readiness 

 with which they leave their homes is really astonishing. 



The following day we marched, with a short rest at noon, 

 from early morning till near sunset, reaching thus in four 

 marches only our old camp of March 27. Three rhinoceroses, 

 brought down by Count Teleki, made a welcome supplement to 

 the dhurra, which we already saw would never last the sixteen 

 days it was intended to. The very first day out the men wasted 

 their stores in the most reckless fashion, although we repeatedly 

 wa,rned them to be careful, teUing them that if they were not 

 they would simply have nothing to eat at all soon. 



The character of the lake districts had changed greatly 



