Копи царя Соломона

           ItappearedthatTwalawasathisprincipalplace,knownasLoo,makingreadyforthegreatannualfeastwhichwastobeheldinthefirstweekofJune. Atthisgatheringalltheregiments,withtheexceptionofcertaindetachmentsleftbehindforgarrisonpurposes,arebroughtupandparadedbeforetheking; andthegreatannualwitch-hunt,ofwhichmoreby-and-by,isheld. 

           Weweretostartatdawn; andInfadoos,whowastoaccompanyus,expectedthatweshouldreachLooonthenightofthesecondday,unlessweweredetainedbyaccidentorbyswollenrivers. 

           Whentheyhadgivenusthisinformationourvisitorsbadeusgood-night; and,havingarrangedtowatchturnandturnabout, threeofusflungourselvesdownandsleptthesweetsleepoftheweary,whilstthefourthsatuponthelook-outforpossibletreachery.