faithfully they would go with Bombay on to Ustii, and
bring back porters in sufficient number for Grant and
myself to go on together. They laughed at the stories
I told them of the terror that had seized Baraka and
all the Wangtiana, and told me, as old Miisa had often
done before, that those men, especially Baraka, had from
their first leaving Kaze made up their minds they would
not enter Usui, or. go anywhere very far north.
I placed those men on the same pay as Bombay, and
then tried to buy some heads from the Arabs, as I saw it
was absolutely necessary I should increase my fast-ebbing
store if I ever hoped to reach Gondokoro. The attempt
failed, as the Arabs would not sell at a rate under 2000
per cent; and I wrote a letter to Colonel Rigby, ordering
up fifty armed men laden with beads and pretty cloths—
which would, 1 knew, cost me £1000 at the least—and
left once more for the north on the 5th.
Marching slowly, as my men kept falling sick, I did
not reach Grant again until the 11th. His health had
greatly improved, and he had been dancing with Uku-
lima, as may he seen by the accompanying woodcut.
So, as I was obliged to wait for a short time to get a
native guide for Biii, Nasib, and Bombay, who would
show them a jungle-path to Ustii, we enjoyed our leisure
hours in shooting guinea-fowls for the pot. A report
then came to us that Stiwarora had heard with displeasure
that I had been endeavouring to see him, but
was deterred because evil reports concerning him had been
spread. This unexpected good news delighted me exceedingly
; confirmed my belief that Baraka, after all, was a
coward, and induced me to recommend Bombay to make
his cowardice more indisputable by going on and doing
what he had feared to do. To which Bombay replied, “ Of
course I will. It is all folly pulling up for every ill wind
that blows, because, until one actually sees there is something
in.it, you never can tell amongst these savages—