Presently they struck another path.

Turning up this they again pushed forward, each carrying his bunch of bananas.

After walking two hours, they lay down.

The darkness was so dense that their rate of progress was extremely slow.
In the morning they went on again but, after walking for some hours, they came suddenly upon four of the enemy.

As soon as these saw them, they rushed on them with a yell, firing their guns as they did so.