ACCOUNT OF THE PALL OF NYANGWE

On the 1st of March the Waginia offered to give us their canoes, if we, in return, would give them an escort past the Arab camps on the islands down the river. The impression made on them by our victory was so great that they were quite confident in the result of our attack on Nyangwe, and were even willing to lend us their canoes to cross the river.

Their hope was, if we succeeded, to be able to do some looting in the town; and on the other hand, if by chance we failed, to gather a considerable amount of booty in our camp. The Commandant sent Scherlink and Cerkel down the river bank, and, after a smart skirmish or two, they succeeded in arriving at our landing-place opposite the camp with a hundred large canoes. On the 3rd of March letters and