AND IRAMBA TO NG'URU. 65 other caravans, their porters also flew upon the carcase, and a furious row ensued. A quarrel took place between Mganga, the chief nianipara of my caravan, and Terekeza (lit. the cook), the leader of another party, as to who should have the elephant's tusks ; swords were drawn, guns loaded, and a free fight ensued, the bullets whistling through the bushes in all directions : happily, however, no one was hit, and the fray subsided as quickly as it had begun. On the morning of the third day we were told that there would be no water, after leaving our camp, for a distance equal to two days' journey, and that we must accomplish the march, if possible, before next morning. We set off about 8.30 A.M., the road being, as before, through open jungle of small trees, or rather bushes, which were for the most part leafless, and gave little or no shelter from the blazing sun ; here and there were tracts of dried mud, swamps during the rains, seamed with gaping cracks, and full of holes made by the elephants, which abound in this forest region. We continued our march, with one or two halts for cooking and rest, till 8.30 P.M., when O'Neill was seized with fever, and we had to stop. He and I with a few attendants were some distance behind the main body, so we lighted fires and lay down to rest.

About half-past two in the morning, O'Neill being better, we were off again, and plodded silently on in the darkness, till at length dawn appeared, when VOL. I. F