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238 shrubs and reeds; but even this miserable resource failed them almost immediately after sunrise. The men were so worn out from fatigue and want of food and water, that he could now get them but a few hundred yards at a time. Then some one of them would sit down, and beg him so earnestly to stop for a few minutes, that he could not refuse. When, however, he thus halted, the native in every instance expressed his indignation, telling him that it was sacrificing his safety as well as that of the others who were able to move; for that if they did not find water before night, the whole party would die. When they halted, the sun was intensely powerful, the groans and exclamations of some of the men were painful in the extreme; but the brave commander's feelings were still more agonized when he saw the poor creatures driven, by want of water, to one of the last sad and revolting sources of thirst. Unable to bear these distressing scenes any longer he ordered Kaiber to accompany him, and notwithstanding the heat and his own weariness, he left the others lying down in such slight shade as the stunted shrubs afforded; and throwing aside all his ammunition, papers, etc., started with him in search of water, carrying nothing but his double-barrelled gun.

After a vain search Grey wished to return to his party, but the native who accompanied him appeared to be restless and unwilling. He then became convinced that the man had strayed wilfully, wishing to desert the party, but not daring to do so without his master. On one occasion this native sat opposite to him on the ground, his keen savage eye watching the expression of