As they were natives, we had no intention of fighting with them, our quarrel being, of course, only with the Arab slave raiders and their allies. He succeeded in tranquillising them, and was quietly talking to the chief when our forces appeared on the hill above the town, at the sight of which the entire population was seized with panic and fled. Kitenge himself dodged through the crowd; but Albert, realising his intention, gave chase into the jungle, and brought him back to us just as we had taken possession of the town.

Upon being asked by the Commandant what had happened, Albert vouchsafed as answer, “I catched man plenty wild passed him before.” We took our whole force into the town and gave them quarters in Kitenge's harem, which he had emptied. It contained about two hundred separate houses, and was