I was vexed and irritated beyond measure, as hour after hour passed away, and our unconscious tormentors still remained.

Every moment, as it flew, lessened the chance of saving the lives of our horses; and yet I could not bring myself to abandon so many things that we could not do without, and which we could not in any way replace.

What made the circumstances, too, so much worse, was, that we had last night given to our horses every drop of water, except the small quantity put apart for our breakfasts.
We had now none, and were suffering greatly from the heat, and from thirst, the day being calm and clear, and intolerably hot.

When we had first unyoked the horses, I made the man and native boy lay down in the shade, to sleep, whilst I attended to the animals, and kept an eye on the natives.

About noon I called them up again, and we all made our dinner off a little bread, and some of the fruit that grew around us, the moisture of which alone enabled us to eat at all, our mouths were so thoroughly dry and parched.
A movement was now observed among the natives; and gathering up their spears, they all went off.