However, now that we know that they have gone, we can look out for something to eat." For three hours they wandered about, and were fortunate enough to find a deserted village, where they gathered some bananas and pineapples.

Of these they made a hearty meal; and then, each carrying a few bananas, they returned to the river and swam across, finding no difficulty in doing so now that they were unencumbered by the wire.

They had not been long across before they heard the sound of heavy firing, some two or three miles away.
"It is as I thought," Lisle said.

"The Ashantis have crossed the river, somewhere, and are now attacking the convoy.

They will not, of course, overpower it; but they will continue to follow it up till they get near camp, and there is little chance of our being able to rejoin them before that." Travelling on, they more than once heard the sound of parties of the enemy, running forward at the top of their speed.