CHAPTER IX. 
WEICHU. 
N Sunday 6th we rose early after a very disturbed 
night. A sufficient number of mosquitos 
remained in the hut to annoy and keep us" awake a 
long time. Then just as we had fallen to sleep 
" Charlie," my dog, made such a disturbance as to 
wake us all up. He scampered over us and rolled 
himself among our rugs as if he had gone mad. But 
we remembered that he had been afflicted in this 
way before. The black ants had got into his coat. 
He could very well endure mosquitos, but ants were 
too much for him. I took him in hand, and was try- 
ing to rid him of his foes when my companion began 
to cry out : the ants were upon him. No time was to 
be lost, the enemy had entered our castle, and had to 
be expelled. We turned up our rugs, and there were 
the foe in countless myriads. In a few minutes the 
whole camp was astir. The swarming legions had at- 
tacked every hut. The fires were blown up, and fire- 
brands blazed in all directions. Tofiki came to our aid. 
It was sad work, but we were compelled to do it. The 
firebrand was thrust among the crowding hosts, and 
fearful was the slaughter done. We could distinctly 
