Of this expedition B.-P.

recalls "ten minutes' genuine fun,"-- that was when a doctor was cutting out from under his toe-nail the eggs of an insect called the jigger, rude enough to make a nest of B.-P.'s big toe.

It is such incidents as these that live in the soldier's mind after a hard campaign.
During the whole of these tiresome operations B.-P.

of course was hard at work sketching and keeping his diary.

He added to his wonderful store of experiences, and had the rare delight of seeing the King of Bekwai "oblige with a few steps"-- specially in his honour.