I was exceedingly provoked at Topar's treachery, and have always been at a loss to account for it.

At the time, both Mr.Browne and myself attributed it to the machinations of our friend Nadbuck; but his alarm at invading the hilly country was too genuine to have been counterfeited.

It might have been that Nadbuck and Toonda expected that they would benefit more by our presents and provisions than if we left them for the interior, and therefore tried by every means to deter us from going: they certainly had long conversations with Topar before he left the camp to accompany us.
Still I may do injustice to them in this respect.

However, whether this was the case or not, we had to suffer from Topar's misconduct.

I turned out of the pass, and stopped a little beyond it, in a more sheltered situation.