CHAPTER XIII.

Glorious timber—Cutting canoes—Frank suffers from ulcers—The 283 episode of the fetished axe—Rain-gauge readings—The rise of the river—“Goee-goees”—The _Lady Alice_ breached for the first time—A painful discovery: Uledi’s theft—His trial and release—The burning of Shakespeare—The bees of Massassa—Local superstitions—Frank’s cheery character

Leaving Mowa—The whirling pools of Mowa—The Jason swept over 305 the falls—The “Little Master” drowned—Too brave!—“Ah, Uledi, had you but saved him!”—The sympathy of the savages