At the end, nothing but bones remained of the four chickens.
"Thank God for a good dinner!" Hallett said, after the meal was over.

"I feel, at present, at peace with all men; and I can safely recommend the chiefs, when they arrive at Coomassie, as being first-rate fellows; while I am sure that the chief will be greatly pleased that we have secured the submission of their tribe.

It will be a big feather in our caps.

When I came in here, I thought I could not go another mile to save my life; now I feel perfectly game for a seven or eight mile march to Coomassie." At this moment, they noticed that there was a great hubbub in the camp.

Half an hour later, the chiefs entered.
"We accept the terms you bring," one of them said, "and will go with you on condition that, if the terms are not as you say, we shall be allowed to return here, unmolested." "That I can promise you," Lisle said.