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bobes ! (light up the fires ! light up the fires ! (Kawe 
bus! Kawe bus! (load up the guns! load up the 
guns !) The Kori (Masai) are coming ! the Kori are 
coming ! up! up ! fly! fly ! tie up your goods ! quick ! 
quick !" 
We objected to such precipitance. " Lakis, lakis ! 
leave such talk alone now ; fly, fly ! quick, quick !" 
So we ordered the men to pack up. But this took 
some time, greatly to the trial of Aba Rufat's pa- 
tience. He ran about the camp with tears in his 
eyes, exclaiming, Dunga ! Dunga ! quick ! quick! fly! 
fly ! His Galla friends would not wait, and he was 
left alone, which was no doubt very trying to him. 
We charged our guns and looked at our pistols, 
deeming it necessary to be on our guard, as for aught 
we knew we might be overtaken on the road. All 
ready we set out upon our midnight flight. We had 
gone about a hundred yards from the hut when we 
thought of "Charlie." He was not with us. Tokfii ran 
back, several of us awaiting his return. Charlie " was 
found, not asleep as he must have been when we left, 
but running about in great concern trying to scent 
out our path. We soon came up with the rest of the 
party, and so continued altogether our dismal march. 
Mosquitos stormed us by millions, and with such a 
malignance did they inflict their bite, as suggested 
that they had either determined to make the most of 
a delicious opportunity for gloating themselves with 
white man's blood, or that, greatly irritated at being dis- 
turbed from their normal condition by such a cowardly 
set of midnight wanderers, they were bent upon punish- 
ing us severely for it We covered up our necks and 
faces with our pocket-handkerchiefs, and kept up a 
