. Discovery of lakes Rudolf and Stefanie; a narrative of Count Samuel Teleki's exploring & hunting expedition in eastern equatorial Africa in 1887 & 1888. A CKITICAL MOMENT 303 tion of how things were likely to go. We soon saw that the old men were the most persistent in their hostile cries and efforts to make us turn back. It was a good opportunity for showing our sang-froid. One fellow shook his fist in the Count's face several times, whilst another, who was quite tipsy, made at him with his drawn sword. The aggressors were always driven back by Utahaj, but Count Teleki was so jostle
. Discovery of lakes Rudolf and Stefanie; a narrative of Count Samuel Teleki's exploring & hunting expedition in eastern equatorial Africa in 1887 & 1888. A CKITICAL MOMENT 303 tion of how things were likely to go. We soon saw that the old men were the most persistent in their hostile cries and efforts to make us turn back. It was a good opportunity for showing our sang-froid. One fellow shook his fist in the Count's face several times, whilst another, who was quite tipsy, made at him with his drawn sword. The aggressors were always driven back by Utahaj, but Count Teleki was so jostled about that he presently cocked his weapon. Kassa seemed to guess what this portended, and tried to disarm the tipsy man, but he was not overpowered until Terrere, holding up his shield to protect himself, chased him down. This critical state of things had lasted for a whole hour when Utahaj begged us to pay a small tribute to quiet the people. But he threw the beads and stuff we offered him to the ground at our feet, and in the scramble which ensued for them we should certainly have had one or another spear flung at us if our warrior friends had not protected us deac^na sp. with their uplifted shields. All this gave us plenty of food for reflection, but the die was cast once for all, and we pressed on to the top of a low, flat hill in a little valley, where Utahaj told us we could camp. North and south of our hill flowed little streams, and on the bank of one of them was a group of remarkable-looking trees,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Höhnel, Ludwig, Ritter von, 1857-1942; Teleki, Samuel, Székigrof, 1845-1916; Bell, Nancy R. E. Meugens, "Mrs. A. E. Bell,". London, Longmans, Green and Co.
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