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as they call it, plays a prominent part, while nearly every refrain ends 
with the words : "And when 1 aui dead, put me in the savannah, and the 
Yassi Avill come and bury me.'' A similar song according to Martins )s 
customary among the Indians of the Kio Negro. 
192. On the third day, half perishing from thirst, and myself dead 
tired, we reached our old night quarters on Mt. Aruatihtiku (Tiger Moun 
tain) A\ here we at least hoped still to find as much water as would quench 
our burning thirst, which in my case Avas increased to real tortu»*e on 
account of the fever-heat — yet even the very last drop had dried up. 
Half desperate I threw myself into my hammock while the others hui"^ 
ried away in search of the longed-for element, but after a two-hour tor 
menting wait, the last one returned without having found any. Necessity 
and pain then first led me to think of digging holes with cutlasses in 
places Avhere water previously lay, by which means so much, dirty and 
nuirshy fluid was collected by and by, that after straining it thrf)ugh a 
cloth Ave could at least moisten! onr parched mouths and relieve our agony. 
193. On the folloAving morning as Ave were crossing one of the Avoody 
oases, I heard in the distance a peculiar noise exactly resembling the 
souud of horses on the gallop, and ^\•]licll ap[)eared to be couiing closer 
and eloser. Shouting "Poinka,'' the Indians got ready AN'ith their guns 
and boAvs, and awaited tlie oncoming of the disturl»ers of the peace, Avhich 
soon turned out to be a huge pack of Ivairuni ( Divot ijlcs lahiutia^) . As 
soon as it caught sight of us it stopped a moment in its Avild course, made 
a noise siuiilar to the grunting of our pigs, and prepared now for fliglit. 
With an aAvful clattering and gnashing of teeth, the troop rushed along 
in front of us. Astonished and chained to the spot by the extraordinary 
intermezzo on this othei wise peaceful journey of ours, I had at the first 
go-off forgotten all about shooting, and hearing no shot tired by my com- 
panions, was Just about to rectify the omission, Avhen the Indian stand- 
ing next to me drcAV my Aveapon aAvay, Avhich only served to increase my 
astonishment still more: but the riddle Avas soon to be solved. When 
the major portion of the pack had passed by, and the stragglers AA^ere com- 
ing along, the guns and bows Avere brought into requisition, with the 
result that we secured four animnls. Curiously enougli our dogs kept 
just as quiet as Ave did, during the "march-past," and had lain down on 
the ground. 
191. The Indians told me now that shooting into the middle of a pack 
was attended Avith tlie greatest danger oAviug to the animals then scat- 
tering themselves in all directions and in such a rout ripping to pieces 
and destroying with their tusks every ol)ject that comes in their Avay. 
Hamlet who, quivering and quaking, stood close to me, while the angry 
mob was tearing past, corroborated this statement by mentioning that 
his father had lost his life in the same Avay, having met his death from 
the wound received from a Kairuni after shooting into the middle of 
such an escaping croAvd. If tlie stragglers are tired on, tlie main body 
continues unconcernedly on its course. When cutting up the quarry we 
found two sows far advanced in pregnancy, each with one young one. 
