CHAPTER VIII.

DONKEY ROBBERIES -- REPRISALS -- A FRIEND IN NEED -- POSTMEN -- APOLOGIES -- A THIEF SURPRISED -- IN SEARCH OF A MILLER -- THE WAY TO GET WATER -- A SWIM -- ARRIVAL OF MY RIFLE -- CUSTOM-HOUSE -- ELEPHANT-HUNTING -- HINTS ON COSTUME -- FIRESIDE TALES -- HOW TO PRODUCE FIRE -- AN EPICURE -- HARTEBEEST AND GIRAFFES -- JUNGLE FIRES 134