Rising he went down to the river to wash, and never had a bath been more welcome, for during all their journey through the forest no such thing was obtainable.

On his return he found his garments well brushed with dry reeds and set upon a rock in the hot sun to air, while Jeekie in a cheerful mood, was engaged cooking breakfast in the frying-pan, to which he had clung through all the vicissitudes of their flight.
"No coffee, Major," he said regretfully, "that stop in forest.

But never mind, hot water better for nerve.

Ogula messengers gone in little canoe to Asiki at break of day.

Travel slow till they work off dwarf, but afterwards go quick.