And from here thirty odd Binu men accompanied them, armed with spears and arrows, chattering and grimacing with delight at the warlike array.

The long quiet stretches of river gave way to swifter water, and progress was slower and more dogged.

The Balesuna grew shallow as well, and oftener were the loaded boats bumped along and half-lifted over the bottom.

In places timber-falls blocked the passage of the narrow stream, and the boats and canoes were portaged around.

Night brought them to Carli, and they had the satisfaction of knowing that they had accomplished in one day what had required two days for Tudor's expedition.
Here at Carli, next morning, half-way through the grass-lands, the boat's- crews were left, and with them the horde of Binu men, the boldest of which held on for a bare mile and then ran scampering back.