So great was the speed, that after an hour both Mr.Goodenough and Frank, weakened by the effect of fever and climate, could no longer keep up.

The various effects carried in the hammocks were hastily taken out and lifted by men unprovided with loads.

The white men entered and were soon carried along at a brisk trot by the side of the baggage.

When they recovered from their exhaustion sufficiently to observe what was going on, they could not help admiring the manner in which the negroes, with perspiration streaming from every pore, hurried along with their burdens.

So fast did they go, that in less than six hours they emerged from the forest into the clearing, and a shout proclaimed that Abeokuta was close at hand.
Ten minutes later the white men were carried through the gate, their arrival being hailed with shouts of joy by the inhabitants.