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inside the forest, and found myself most effectually hung 
up in the dense jungle. There, after using all my 
matches in fruitless efforts to discover the path, and 
having fired three shots to attract any natives who 
might be near, I waited till my men came on, and 
occupied myself with shouting at the top of my voice 
every minute lest they should pass by unawares. After 
continuing this exercise for about an hour I was much 
relieved to hear Casibete’s reply, and was soon, with his 
assistance, able to force my way back to the track from 
which I had wandered quite two hundred yards. Even 
then our troubles were not over, for the men with me, 
who knew the path well, had great difficulty in keeping 
to it on account of the intense darkness; added to 
which we had to cross several streams, by means of 
bridges of felled trees, so our progress was very slow 
and we did not get back to camp till io p.m. Here I 
found everybody had gone to bed, thinking that I 
intended to stop the night at Jackson’s and B-’s first 
camp. After a little delay I got something to eat, 
which I much needed, having tasted nothing but a 
chupattee (flat pancake of flour) since 7 a.m. Martin 
informed me that a big Masai war-party had been seen 
passing Lanjora to-day. It was fortunate they did not 
pass three days sooner, as they would then have come 
across us. 
The Wa-taveta were having a fine howl and sing¬ 
song to-night, as a deputation from a friendly tribe 
occupying the neighbouring forest of Kahe had come in 
during the day to announce a successful fight with the 
