. In darkest Africa; or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria . nd stones and pressed the dust straight path would be shorter than the usual oneformed by native travel by a third in every mile on anaverage. This is something like what we hoped to meetin defiling out of the gate of the intrenched camp atYambuya, because during four preceding Expeditions intoAfrica we had never failed to follow such a track forhundreds of miles. Yambuya consisted of a series ofvillages. Their inhabitants must have neighbours to the AN AFBIGAN ROAD. 135 Eastward as well as to the
. In darkest Africa; or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria . nd stones and pressed the dust straight path would be shorter than the usual oneformed by native travel by a third in every mile on anaverage. This is something like what we hoped to meetin defiling out of the gate of the intrenched camp atYambuya, because during four preceding Expeditions intoAfrica we had never failed to follow such a track forhundreds of miles. Yambuya consisted of a series ofvillages. Their inhabitants must have neighbours to the AN AFBIGAN ROAD. 135 Eastward as well as to the Southward or Westward. Why ? J°« 28. We marched out of the gate, company after company *™^°^*in single file. Each with its flag, its trumpeter ordrummer, each with its detail of supernumeraries, withfifty picked men as advance guard to handle the billhookand axe, to cut saplings, blaze, or peel a portion of thebark of a tree a hands-breadth, to sever the leaves andslash at the rattan, to remove all obtrusive branchesthat might interfere with the free passage of the hun-. MAECHING THROUGH THE FOREST. dreds of loaded porters, to cut trees to lay across streamsfor their passage, to form zeribas or bomas of bush andbranch around the hutted camp at the end of the daystravel. The advance guard are to find a path, or, if nonecan be found, to choose the thinnest portions of thejungle and tunnel through without delay, for it is mostfatiguing to stand in a heated atmosphere with a weightyload on the head. If no thinner jungle can be found,then through anything, however impenetrable it mayappear ; they must be brisk— chap-chap —as we say, oran ominous murmur will rise from the impatient carriers 136 IN DARKEST AFRICA. 1887. behind. They must be clever and intelligent in wood-June28. (.^f^ . g^ greenhom, or as we call him goee-goee, mustYambup. ^^^p j^.g i^iii-hook, and take the bale or box. Threehundred weary fellows are not to be trifled with, theymust be brave also
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