From the Cape to Cairo; the first traverse of Africa from south to north . JIANVHJIA TANGANYIKA 99 earned the name of the Guinea-fowls, owing to their dress of darkbirds-eye cotton and greeny-blue fezzes, had been a great com-fort, pitching our tents and doing all the little odd jobs in-separable from camp life, and we were congratulating ourselveson having some natives of a different race to our Manyemaporters. The heat and continual wetting now began to tell on thefever that we had not been able to shake off, so we hired twobig canoes, and putting our deck-chairs in the largest, overw
From the Cape to Cairo; the first traverse of Africa from south to north . JIANVHJIA TANGANYIKA 99 earned the name of the Guinea-fowls, owing to their dress of darkbirds-eye cotton and greeny-blue fezzes, had been a great com-fort, pitching our tents and doing all the little odd jobs in-separable from camp life, and we were congratulating ourselveson having some natives of a different race to our Manyemaporters. The heat and continual wetting now began to tell on thefever that we had not been able to shake off, so we hired twobig canoes, and putting our deck-chairs in the largest, overwhich we rigged up an awning, we proceeded by water whileour boys plodded through the shingle. On reaching thehalting-place after our first days canoeing, we were horrifiedto find that our ten Askaris and the cook had bolted, leavingtheir rifles and bayonets on the path. Though I was badwith fever I got a fresh crew for the big canoe, and madeall haste back to our last nights camp. Nothing was tobe seen or heard of the fugitives, and though I offered theSultani (chief) of the village hea
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