jungle such articles as could be dispensed with, and
to re-arrange all the loads.
At 4 a .m . I woke, and lighting a lamp, I tried in
vain to wake any of the men who lay stretched upon
the ground, like so many corpses, sound asleep. At
length Saat sat up, and after rubbing his eyes for
about ten minutes, he made a fire, and began to boil
the coffee; meanwhile I was hard at work lightening
the ship. I threw away about 100 lbs. of salt;
divided the heavy ammunition more equally among
the animals; rejected a quantity of odds and ends
that, although most useful, could be forsaken ; and by
the time the men woke, a little before sunrise, I had
completed the work. We now re-loaded the animals,
who showed the improvement by stepping out briskly.
We marched well for three hours at a pace that bid
fair to keep us well ahead of the Turks, and at length
we reached the dry bed of a stream, where the Latooka
guides assured us we should obtain water by digging.
This proved correct; but the holes were dug deep in
several places, and hours passed before we could secure
a sufficient supply for all the men and animals. The
great sponging-bath was excessively useful, as it formed
a reservoir out of which all the animals could drink.
While we were thus engaged some natives appeared
carrying with them the head of a wild boar in a
horrible state of decomposition, and alive -with maggots.
On arrival at the drinking-place they imme-
diately lighted a fire, and proceeded to cook their
savoury pork by placing it in the flames. The skull
becoming too hot for the inmates, crowds of maggots
rushed pêle-mêle from tlie ears and nostrils ^like people
escaping from the doors of a theatre, on fire. The
natives merely tapped the skull with a stick to assist
in their exit, and proceeded with their cooking until
completed ; after Which they eat the whole, and sucked
the. bones. However putrid meat may be, it does not
appear to affect the health of these people.
My animals requiring rest and food, I was obliged
to wait unwillingly until 4.30 p .m . The natives having
finished their boar’s head, offered to join us; and
accordingly we rode on a Considerable distance ahead
of our people with our active guides, while the caravan
followed slowly behind us. After ascending for about
a mile through jungle, we suddenly emerged upon an
eminence, and looked down upon the valley of Tollogo.
This was extremely picturesque. An abrupt wall of
grey granite rose on the east side of the valley to
a height of about a thousand feet : from this perpendicular
Wall huge blocks had fallen, strewing the base
with a confused mass of granite lumps ten to forty
feet in diameter ; and among these natural fortresses