Then their leader, with many bows, indicated that we were at liberty to proceed by pointing first to the mouth of the cave, and next to the top of the precipice, saying something about '_ingane_,' which I believe means a little child, does it not ?" I nodded, and he went on: "After this they all departed down the hill, smiling in a fashion that disturbed me.

We stood for a while irresolute, until it became quite dark.

I asked Savage what he thought we had better do, expecting that he would say 'Return to the town.' To my surprise, he answered: "'Go on, of course, my lord.

Don't let those brutes say that we white men daren't walk a step without our guns.

Indeed, in any case I mean to go on, even if your lordship won't.' "Whilst he spoke he took a bull's-eye lantern from his foodbag, which had not been interfered with by the Kendah, and lit it.