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.

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