CHAPTER V.

LEAVE ELLYRIA.

We leave Ellyria--Brutality towards the Women--Order of March-- Bellaal--Drainage towards the Sobat--Game at Wakkala--Delightful Scenery--Latooka Thieves--Stalking Antelopes--Chase after Waterbuck-- Good Service of Rifle--The Turks' Salute--Treacherous Welcome-- Mahommed Her--Quarrelling among the Traders--The Latooka Mutiny-- Settle the Ringleader--Stop the Mutiny--I pursue a Fugitive, and interpose on his behalf--Held in some Estimation--Desertion of Men-- The Natives of Latooka--Their probable Origin--Tribes hard to distinguish--Tarrangolle--Native Architecture--Exhumation of the Dead --Coiffure of Natives--Hair Helmets of Latooka--Fighting Bracelets-- The Latooka Women--The Chief's Introduction--"Moy" and his Ladies-- Bokke proposes to improve Mrs. Baker--Bokke and Daughter--Extraction of the front Teeth--The Value of Wives--Cows of more value than Women --Destruction of Mahommed Her's People--Death of my Deserters--My Prophecy realized--Apprehensive of an Attack--The Turks insult the Women--Ill Conduct of the Turks--Well done, Bokke!--Results of the Turks' Misconduct--Interview with Commoro--Awkward Position--The Latooka War Signal--Preparations for Defence--We await the Attack-- Parley--Too "wide awake"--Camp at Tarrangolle--Scarcity in view of Plenty--Wild Duck Shooting--The Crested Crane, &c.--Adda's Proposal-- Obtuseness of Natives--Degraded State of Natives.