This little souvenir of my old friend was most interesting.

After a year's wandering and many difficulties, this was the first time that I had actually come upon his track.

Many people told me that they had known Speke and Grant; the former bore the name of "Mollegge" (the bearded one), while Grant had been named "Masanga" (the elephant's tusk), owing to his height.

The latter had been wounded at Lucknow during the Indian mutiny, and I spoke to the people of the loss of his finger.

This crowned my success, as they knew without doubt that I had seen him.