ABSTRACT

Journeying in the rainy season—Encounter with a rhinoceros— Masaki once more—Rain-making and rain-preventing—Extemporized hut—Obstinacy of the bearers—Necessity pulls down the hut — Agreeable disappointment — Arrival at Majame— Altered demeanour of King Mamkinga—Extortion and persecution—Missionary-tears misinterpreted—King Mamkinga’s ivory— Heathen hypocrisy—Ceremonial of leave-taking—Mercenary farewell—Speedy departing—Masaki evaded—The native axe in the jungle—Extemporized bridges and their dangers—Entrance into the Wilderness—A feast of fledglings—Nearing home— Arrival at Rabbai—Concluding reflections.