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gasli some two inches wide, where the bone had come through. 
The limb was pulled violently to get it straight, and the knee 
was then bent till the calf pushed against the back of the thigh ; 
more pulling was done to get the broken bones in a straight 
line, and then the bandaging began. 
Cutting a tobe into strips we wound it round and round 
the bent leg, a neat hole being made with the point of a spear 
wherever the bandage came over the gash in the flesh, so as to 
keep the wound exposed and thus allow of future inspection. 
The whole of the bandage was covered with subug , or clarified 
butter, as the work progressed. Over the tobe bandage was 
wound a final wrapping of soft heirdn leather. The whole of 
this dressing was to remain on for seven days, and then to be 
opened ; if the bones had not joined at the end of that time they 
were to be reset by the aid of a wooden splint. If they had 
joined, a light bandage would be again put on, and in a month 
he should be able to w T alk. 
Awale bore the pain without a sound, under circumstances 
which would probably have caused an Asiatic or European to 
yell, and next day I sent him off to the Jibril Abokr karias 
strapped on a camel, with about tw T o months’ rations of rice and 
dates, and plenty of cloth to buy more ; but it afterwards tran- 
spired that the hakim , native-like, had bolted with the whole of 
this and left Aw&le to shift for himself. However, he managed 
to get attended to by a good Samaritan from a passing caravan, 
in the shape of a distant relation, who took him to Berbera, 
wdiere I found him four months afterwards ; he was then able 
to walk, but rather lame. A broken leg may not seem a great 
matter, but happening away from any transport except a 
baggage camel, and perhaps miles away from water in an 
uninhabited wilderness, it becomes a terrible misfortune. 
I went out for a stroll on the evening of 1st March from 
Camp Gebili, quite alone, and walked along the sandy river-bed, 
wdiich is surrounded by rocky and bush-covered country ; and 
here I saw a hyaena rolling about in the sand, one hundred and 
fifty yards away ; and pitching up my rifle I hit him, breaking 
his back, and walking up finished his struggles with a ball 
from my pistol. As I reached my tent a large panther was 
heard coughing in the jungle to the east, no doubt prowling 
round camp looking for one of my goats ; so we tied up a kid a 
hundred yards from my tent on the slope of the river bank, and 
raising a small screen of thorn-branches, I sat up with my 
