chap, x.] TURKS’ STANDARD-BEARER KILLED. 
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I accordingly took my rifle and strolled along the 
margin of the river to look for game, accompanied by 
two of my porters. Although it was a most likely 
country, being a natural park well timbered, with a 
river flowing through the midst, there was a great 
scarcity of wild animals. At length, in crossing a 
ravine that had stopped the progress of the fire, an 
antelope (water-buck) jumped out of a hollow, and, 
rushing through the' high grass, he exposed himself 
for an instant in crossing the summit of a bare knoll, 
and received a ball from the little Fletcher in the 
hind-quarters. Although badly wounded, he was too 
nimble for my natives, who chased him with their 
spears for about a quarter of a mile. These fellows 
tracked him beautifully, and we at length found him 
hiding in a deep pool in the river, and he was im¬ 
mediately despatched. 
After a long walk, during which I did not obtain 
another shot, I returned to my resting-place, and, 
refreshed by a bathe in the cool river, I slept as sound 
as though in the most luxurious bed in England. On 
the following morning I went out early, and shot a 
small species of antelope; and shortly after my return 
to breakfast, the Turks’ party arrived, bringing with 
them about three hundred head of cattle that they had 
captured from the Madi tribe. They did not seem at 
all in good spirits, and I shortly heard that they had 
lost their standard-bearer, killed in the fight, and that 
the flag had been in great peril, and had been saved 
by the courage of a young Bari slave. The ensign 
was separated from the main party, and was attacked 
by four natives, who killed the bearer, and snatched 
away the flag: this would inevitably have been lost, 
had not the Bari boy of about fifteen shot the fore¬ 
most native dead with a pistol, and, snatching the 
flag from his hands, ran with it towards the Turks, 
some of whom coming up at that instant, the natives 
did not think it wise to pursue their advantage. A 
number of slaves had been captured; among others, 
