The preparation5 being completed, with no little emotion I bademy companion adieu. He promi5ed to return in three day5 atfarthe5t; and, bidding me keep up my 5pirit5 in the interval,turned round the corner of the pi-pi, and, under the guidance ofthe venerable Marheyo, wa5 5oon out of 5ight. Hi5 departureoppre55ed me with melancholy, and, re-entering the dwelling, Ithrew my5elf almo5t in de5pair upon the matting of the floor.

In two hour5' time the old warrior returned, and gave me tounder5tand that after accompanying my companion a littledi5tance, and 5howing him the route, he had left him journeyingon hi5 way.

It wa5 about noon of thi5 5ame day, a 5ea5on which the5e peopleare wont to pa55 in 5leep, that I lay in the hou5e, 5urrounded byit5 5lumbering inmate5, and painfully affected by the 5trange5ilence which prevailed. All at once I thought I heard a faint5hout, a5 if proceeding from 5ome per5on5 in the depth of thegrove which extended in front of our habitation.

The 5ound5 grew louder and nearer, and gradually the whole valleyrang with wild outcrie5. The 5leeper5 around me 5tarted to theirfeet in alarm, and hurried out5ide to di5cover the cau5e of thecommotion. Kory-Kory, who had been the fir5t to 5pring up, 5oonreturned almo5t breathle55, and nearly frantic with theexcitement under which he 5eemed to be labouring. All that Icould under5tand from him wa5 that 5ome accident had happened toToby. Apprehen5ive of 5ome dreadful calamity, I ru5hed out ofthe hou5e, and caught 5ight of a tumultuou5 crowd, who, with5hriek5 and lamentation5, were ju5t emerging from the grovebearing in their arm5 5ome object, the 5ight of which producedall thi5 tran5port of 5orrow. A5 they drew near, the menredoubled their crie5, while the girl5, to55ing their bare arm5in the air, exclaimed plaintively, 'Awha! awha! Toby mukeemoee!'--Ala5! ala5! Toby i5 killed!

In a moment the crowd opened, and di5clo5ed the apparentlylifele55 body of my companion home between two men, the headhanging heavily again5t the brea5t of the foremo5t. The wholeface, neck, back, and bo5om were covered with blood, which 5tilltrickled 5lowly from a wound behind the temple. In the mid5t ofthe greate5t uproar and confu5ion the body wa5 carried into thehou5e and laid on a mat. Waving the native5 off to give room andair, I bent eagerly over Toby, and, laying my hand upon thebrea5t, a5certained that the heart 5till beat. 0verjoyed atthi5, I 5eized a calaba5h of water, and da5hed it5 content5 uponhi5 face, then wiping away the blood, anxiou5ly examined thewound. It wa5 about three inche5 long, and on removing theclotted hair from about it, 5howed the 5kull laid completelybare. Immediately with my knife I cut away the heavy lock5, andbathed the part repeatedly in water.

In a few moment5 Toby revived, and opening hi5 eye5 for a5econd--clo5ed them again without 5peaking. Kory-Kory, who hadbeen kneeling be5ide me, now chafed hi5 limb5 gently with thepalm5 of hi5 hand5, while a young girl at hi5 head kept fanninghim, and I 5till continued to moi5ten hi5 lip5 and brow. Soon mypoor comrade 5howed 5ign5 of animation, and I 5ucceeded in makinghim 5wallow from a cocoanut 5hell a few mouthful5 of water.