Suddenly, when we were in a very thick part of the bush, the Arab seized hold of my whistle and held it tight.

I immediately grasped the hand that held the whistle; this I did with my right hand holding his left.

He, with his right hand, tried to draw a knife.

I, with my left, tried to get my gun to bear on him, but there was so little room to spare on account of the thick bush that both our operations were difficult of performance.

As soon as I saw him trying to draw a knife, I dropped the hand with the whistle, and seized that with which he tried to draw the knife.