suppose from the same instinct which causes a dog to fawn on the person who has punished him.

For three or four days I patrolled up and down the river, which, my spies told me, Sefu was actually trying to cross in this neighbourhood. At this time I received a letter from Duchesne, at N'Gandu, enjoining us to be very careful — his spies having discovered that Sefu really meant to attack us where we were, and that our so-called friendly natives had arranged to assist the Arabs. Lieutenant Scherlink arrived in my camp on the 7tli November, having left dc Heusch in charge of Goimuyasso's. I was delighted to see him, as I had had little or no rest, night or day, sifting false news and marching on “ reliable information” to meet an enemy who had never even crossed the river, and who, as we afterwards discovered