CHAPTER IX

ON THE MARCH ONCE MORE

On trek once more--A disquieting discovery--I am very angry --A long day's journey--I narrowly escape sunstroke-- "Wholesome anger a good tonic"--I taste native beer for the first time--And find it both refreshing and sustaining --Antelope spoor--Exchange carriers--First meeting with the Konkombwa--The finest race of savages in Togo-- Native dandies--Trouble with our horse boys--They are punished--In the heart of the wilds--European and native rest-houses--Paying our carriers with salt--Schomburgk gets "bushed"--Resents my anxiety--We quarrel--Elephant spoor--I am given my first lesson in wood-craft-- Mosquitoes--The yellow-fever breeding anophele--We cross the Kara River--First sight of hippopotami--We strike the Oti, the principal river of Northern Togo 108-124