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POISONED ARROWS SHOT INTO CAMP. [chap. xvii. 
along the surface. I ordered the sentries not to fire 
unless hostilities should commence on the side of the 
natives, and in no case to draw trigger without a 
challenge. 
Returning to the angarep I laid down, and not 
wishing to sleep, I smoked my long IJnyoro pipe. In 
about ten minutes—bang! went a shot, quickly fol¬ 
lowed by another from the sentry at the entrance of 
the camp. Quietly rising from my bed, I found Richarn 
reloading at his post. 44 What is it, Richarn ? 77 I asked. 
4 4 They are shooting arrows into the camp, aiming at 
the fire, in hopes of hitting you who are sleeping there,’ 7 
said Richarn. 44 1 watched one fellow, 77 he continued, 
44 as I heard the twang of his bow four times. At each 
shot I heard an arrow strike the ground between me 
and you, therefore I fired at him, and I think he is 
down. Do you see that black object lying on the 
ground ? 77 I saw something a little blacker than the 
surrounding darkness, but it could not be distinguished. 
Leaving Richarn with orders not to move from his 
post, but to keep a good look-out until relieved by the 
next watch, I again went to sleep. 
Before break of day, just as the grey-dawn slightly 
improved the darkness, I visited the sentry; he was at 
his post, and reported that he thought the archer of 
the preceding night was dead, as he had heard a sound 
proceeding from the dark object on the ground after I 
had left. In a few minutes it was sufficiently light to 
distinguish the body of a man lying about thirty paces 
from the camp entrance. Upon examination, he proved 
to be a Barihis bow was in his hand, and two or 
three arrows were lying by his side ;■—thirteen mould 
shot had struck him dead;—one had cut through the 
bow. We now searched the camp for arrows, and as 
it became light, we picked up four in various places, 
some within a few feet of our beds, and all horribly 
barbed and poisoned, that the deceased had shot into 
the camp gateway. 
This was the last attack during our journey. We 
