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water, and up the next hill, I don’t know, but I over- 
took Cam just outside the next town, and made him 
stop and walk through it, for fear its inhabitants 
should attack us if they saw us running. They had 
heard the shots and were out with their guns, but 
seemed undecided what they ought to do, and their 
indecision saved us. Had they been prepared for us, 
our case would have been hopeless. As we left this 
town I heard Mr. Comber shouting behind me, and 
saw him running towards us. We waited an instant 
until he came up, and then went full speed down the 
next hill and up into another town, followed by the 
furious Banza Makuta people. Mr. Comber kept up 
well. He had been shot in the middle of the back, 
but the ball had not entered the lungs, for he experi- 
enced no difficulty in breathing, and his wound did 
not bleed very much. After we left the last town 
and got on the road, we thought the people had given 
up pursuit, so left off running, and walked on sharply 
along the road to Tungwa ; but, on looking round 
soon we saw three men following swiftly after us, 
armed with knives, sticks, and a gun. They gained 
on us rapidly, and we, though beaten and wounded, 
took to running again. When we started, our 
pursuers set up a most horrible, demoniacal yell, 
redoubled their efforts, and threw stones after us, 
many of which whizzed past us, but none hit us. 
It was now a race for life along that weary road ; we 
had to exert ourselves to our utmost, and throw 
away everything we were carrying. On we dashed, 
and on came the blood-thirsty savages behind us ; 
once they came within shot and fired at us, but with- 
out harming us. So we continued running and being 
run after for five miles, until we drew near to Tungwa, 
by which time our pursuers had grown tired and given 
up the chase. We walked hurriedly through Tungwa 
without allowing the people to know what had 
happened, crossed the river, and were out on the road 
again. The shades of night were now falling, and we 
