Waiting until the movement became more decided, he said: "You must lie still; we are across on the Ashanti side.

They don't know we are here and, when you are able to move, we will crawl down some little distance and hide in the bushes.

We must hide in the morning, for I am sure that I could not swim back to the other side, and certainly you could not do so.

We are in a tight place, but I trust that we shall be able to get out of it." "Do not encumber yourself with me," the Sikh said.

"I know you have risked your life to save me, but you must not do so again.