Mabruki, Of
Course, Knew Nothing, But Volunteered The Helpful
And Cheering Information That We Were Lost
And Would All Be Killed By Lions.
In these
circumstances, I confirmed my own idea as to
our way by comparing my watch and the sun,
and gave the order to start at once.
For two
solid hours, however, we trudged along in the
fearful heat without striking a single familiar
object or landmark. Mabruki murmured loudly;
even Mahina expressed grave doubts as to whether
the "Sahib" had taken the right direction; only
the Wa Kamba stalked along in reassuring
silence. For some time we had been following
a broad white rhino path, and the great footmarks,
of one of these beasts were fresh and plainly
visible in the dust. He had been travelling in
the opposite direction to us, and I felt sure that
he must have been returning from drinking in
the river. I accordingly insisted on our keeping
to this path, and very soon, to my great relief,
we found that we were at the edge of the
escarpment, a couple of miles away from the
place where we had made the ascent. Here a
halt was called; a sheet was spread over some of
the stunted trees, and under its shade we rested
for half an hour, had some food, and drank the last
of our water. After this we pushed on with
renewed vigour, and arrived at the Sabaki in
good time before sundown, having bagged a
couple of guinea-fowl and a paa on the way to
serve for dinner.
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