To Menelek in a motor-car . ned a new bottle of whisky, and theyeach had a good stiff tot before lying down, andBentley got out paper and pen and wrote a fullaccount of the happening, which they both intended to present this to the authoritiesimmediately on arrival, to prevent any garbled versiongetting about. The camp was astir earlier than usual the followingmorning, for Bentley did not want more talk thannecessary concerning the tragedy of the nightbefore. He was almost thankful that the defile aheadproved one of the stiffest they had yet encountered,for it kept the men busy all d
To Menelek in a motor-car . ned a new bottle of whisky, and theyeach had a good stiff tot before lying down, andBentley got out paper and pen and wrote a fullaccount of the happening, which they both intended to present this to the authoritiesimmediately on arrival, to prevent any garbled versiongetting about. The camp was astir earlier than usual the followingmorning, for Bentley did not want more talk thannecessary concerning the tragedy of the nightbefore. He was almost thankful that the defile aheadproved one of the stiffest they had yet encountered,for it kept the men busy all day, and at night theywere glad enough to forget everything but theirweariness. Three days more of incessant toil brought them toChristmas Day, but seemingly no nearer the Gibbiriver. Christmas Eve also brought them to a blackbog, into which the foremost mule floundered andstuck as though he had been glued, and they hadconsiderable difficulty in extracting him. He finallycame out with a plop, like a cork out of a bottle, 236. Cleaning up our last camp before reaching ihe capital.
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