Then, after we escaped from the reeds and swamps, we found ourselves upon stony uplands where the spoor was almost impossible to follow, indeed, we only rediscovered it by stumbling across the dead body of that cannibal whom Inez had wounded.

Evidently he had perished from his hurt, which I could see had mortified.

From the state of his remains we gathered that the raiders must be about two days' march ahead of us.
Striking their spoor again on softer ground where the impress of their feet remained--at any rate to the cunning sight of Hans--we followed them down across great valleys wherein trees grew sparsely, which valleys were separated from each other by ridges of high and barren land.

On these belts of rocky soil our difficulties were great, but here twice we were put on the right track by more fragments torn from the dress of Inez.
At length we lost the spoor altogether; not a sign of it was to be found.

We had no idea which way to go.