We had a very affectionate leave- taking, and a body of the natives escorted us for the first 100 miles or so of our trip.

At last, however, Yamba, myself, and the faithful dog were left to continue our wanderings alone.

The reliance I placed upon this woman by the way was absolute and unquestioning.

I knew that alone I could not live a day in the awful wilderness through which we were to pass; nor could any solitary white man.

By this time, however, I had had innumerable demonstrations of Yamba's almost miraculous powers in the way of providing food and water when, to the ordinary eye, neither was forthcoming.