CHAPTER IX.

THE FOREST -- THE TACKAZZEE AT LAST -- A FORD -- AN UNHEALTHY CAMP -- HIPPOPOTAMI -- A RAFT -- ON THE ELEPHANT TRACK -- IN SIGHT OF GAME -- A LION AND A MESS -- BIVOUACKING -- BEGINNING OF MY ILLNESS -- GUINEA FOWL -- WE TURN HOMEWARDS -- "THE BLUES" -- RAFT-BUILDING -- A CARAVAN -- ELEPHANT AGAIN -- A BIG FISH! -- NEWSPAPERS -- CHANGE OF QUARTERS -- THE GAME OF "GALANIFT" 152