produce i t ; the best is made from goat’s-dung ; this is
reduced to ashes, and saturated; the water is then
.strained off, and evaporated by boiling. Another
quality is made of a peculiar grass, with a thick fleshy
stem, something like a sugar-cane ; the ashes of this
produce salt, but by no means pure. The chief of
Latooka would eat a handful of salt greedily that I
gave him from my large supply, and I could purchase
supplies with this article better than with beads.
On the 4th of June, Ibrahim and eighty-five men
started for Obbo in charge of about 400 cows and
1,000 goats.
Shortly after their departure, a violent thunderstorm,
attended with a deluge of rain, swept over the
country, and flooded the Latooka river and the various
pools that formed my game-preserves.
I looked forward to good duck-shooting on the
morrow, as a heavy storm was certain to be followed
by large arrivals.
On the morning of the 5th, I was out at an early
hour, and in a very short time I killed eight ducks and
geese. There was a certain pool surrounded by a
small marsh within half a mile of my camp, that
formed the greatest attraction to the wild fowl. There
were two hegleek trees in this marsh; and it was
merely necessary to stand beneath the shelter of either
to insure good sport, as the ducks continually arrived
at the pool.
I was just entering into the sport with all my heart,-'
when I heard a shot fired in the Turks’ camp, followed
by loud yells, and I observed a crowd of Latookas'
rushing from the camp towards their town.' In a few'
moments later, I heard the' Turks’ drum,'and I saw'
people’ running to and fro, and the Latookas assembling
from the neighbourhood .with lances and shields, as.
though preparing for a fray. I had only two men
with me, and being nearly half a mile from camp, I
thought' it advisable to hasten towards the spot, lest-
some contretemps should take place before my arrival.,
Accordingly I hurried over the open plain, and. shortly
reached my camp. I found my wife arranging the
men at their posts, fearing a disturbance. They h ad
seen me hastening towards them, and I now went to5
the Turks’ - camp,- that was close by, and inquired the,
cause of alarm.
Never was I more disgusted. Already the vultures
were swooping in circles above some object outside the
camp. I t appeared that a native of Kayala (the town
lately attacked' by the Turks) had visited Tarrangolle
to inquire after a missing cow. The chiefs, Moy and
Commoro, brought him to the Turks’ camp, merely to
prove that he had no evil intention. No sooner was it