CHAPTER XIX
BACK IN SOKODE
Bassari to Malfakasa--Crossing the Kamaa River--A fearful climb--Mountain scenery--Uro-Ganede-Bo--A royal sanctuary--The last of our provisions--The outlaw of the "Long Gun" mountain--On the road from Malfakasa to Sokode--The Tim plains--Arrival in Sokode--In touch with civilisation once more--A telegraphic orgie--We say good-bye to our horses--Sending them down through the tsetse-fly belt--Precautions--Sleeping sickness-- The Mallam of Dedaure--A splendid native--The native Government school at Sokode--Mr. Kuepers, the schoolmaster --Native scholars--Good manners of the children--Native children apter to learn than white up to a certain age-- Herr von Parpart gives a farewell dinner--We meet Mr. and Mrs. Dehn--The choir invisible--By motor car to Atakpame --A breakdown on the road--Arrival at Atakpame--Kamina 280-295