CHAPTER XI.

AN INGENIOUS BED -- EN ROUTE FOR THE COAST -- A SAD PLIGHT -- UNPLEASANT TRAVELLING -- FRIENDS -- FORCIBLE PERSUASION -- AN AMUSING ENCOUNTER -- AN ADVENTURE -- I OPEN A BAZAAR -- PRICES -- HOSPITALITY -- HAGGLING -- REINFORCEMENT -- LETTERS FROM HOME -- A MISERABLE NIGHT -- FALSE RUMOURS -- I SELL TWO DONKEYS -- "HARD UP" -- GEESE AND HORNBILLS -- ILL-TIMED THEFT -- STRANGE QUARTERS -- TOOTH-BRUSHES 195