28 .-- We woke hungry, and accordingly tightened our belts by two or three holes.

V.Baker had to be in Kandy by the evening of the 30th, and he was now determined to push on.

His pony had thrown all his shoes, and had eaten nothing but grass for many days.
I knew our position well, as I had been lost near this spot about two years ago.

We were fifty-three miles from Badulla.

Nevertheless, V.B.
started off, and arrived in Badulla that evening.