4/27 Then the Frenchman threatened to kill them if they would not go. They were frightened, because all the natives die who go to the big door and see the boiling fountain through the door. Askar say all the natives ran away, but the Frenchman go on." "Did Askar see the door ?" "Askar says he see the door and he see the fountain through some glasses. Then he ran away." [Drawing: _Camp in the Forest_] "Can Askar take us up to the cave and the big door ?" There was then a long discussion in Somali between Askar and Abdi, which finally was briefly rendered into English. Askar would show us the way. |