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Updated: May 15, 2025
The troops who had marched overland had not arrived. Fortunately we had some flour and a bottle of curry-powder; therefore we dined off dhurra-porridge and curry, and lay down on our camp-sheets to sleep. This was a thorough negro welcome; nothing to eat!
As soon as the morning call sounded, the black stockmen rolled out of their camp-sheets, picked up their bridles, and went off in the grey light on the tracks of the hobbled horses. Their skill in tracking was a constant source of wonder to the boys.
Such a utensil was invaluable for watering the horses; also for washing clothes, or for receiving a supply of rain-water during a shower, from the camp-sheets suspended above the bath. The neighbourhood of Kisoona was very populous, but the villages were all concealed in the forest, amidst vast groves of bananas.
This was a godsend to us, who were well housed and tented, as we caught a good supply of water with the mackintosh camp-sheets that was very superior to the contents of a small pool, which usually sufficed for the village people. I always travelled with a large sponging bath, which was one of the household gods of the expedition. This was now full of pure rain water.
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