The loss of his nephew greatly afflicted poor Toonda, who sobbed over it for a long time.

We could not understand why the natives had thus detained the boys; but, I believe, they were members of that tribe, between which and a tribe higher up the river some ground of quarrel existed.

After the departure of these boys we had only three natives with us, who had been with the party from Lake Victoria, i.

e.
Nadbuck, Toonda, and Munducki, a young man who had attached himself to Kirby, who cooked for the men.

The latter turned out to be a son of old Boocolo, a chief of the Williorara tribe, whom I shall, ere long, have occasion to introduce to the reader.