Accordingly the arms were bared and pricked.

As the blood flowed it was licked by either party, and an alliance was concluded.

Ibrahim agreed to act with him against all his enemies.

It was arranged that Ibrahim now belonged to Kamrasi, and that henceforth our parties should be entirely separate.
On February 21st Kamrasi was civil enough to allow us to quit the marsh.
My porters had by this time all deserted, and on the following day Kamrasi promised to send us porters and to allow us to start at once.
There were no preparations made, however, and after some delay we were honored by a visit from Kamrasi, who promised we should start on the following day.
He concluded, as usual, by asking for my watch and for a number of beads; the latter I gave him, together with a quantity of ammunition for his guns.

He showed me a beautiful double-barrelled rifle that Speke had given him.