Come along! I'm hungry, and so are you." "But tell me," said West, "how long have you been awake ?" "Not above a quarter of an hour.

We must have sleep and rest as well as food.

When we've had the last we shall be ready for anything through the night." And so it proved as they rode on properly refreshed, meeting with no adventure, but being startled by the barking roars of lions twice during the night, which came to an end as they reached a very similar kopje offering just such accommodation as they had met with on the previous morning.
"Hah!" said Ingleborough.

"Just enough prog left for a rough breakfast.
To-morrow we shall have to begin travelling by day, so as to pay a visit to some farm, for we can't do as the nags do, eat grass when they can get it and nibble green shoots when they can't.

Now then, my dear Noll, the orders for to-day are: sleep beneath this projecting shelf." "But I say," said West, a minute or so later, "is your rifle charged?
You were wiping the barrels as we rode along." There was no reply, for Ingleborough was fast asleep, and West soon followed his example..