Then they began their advance along the river bank, running at a steady trot, for here the ground was open.
All that day they ran, pausing at intervals to get their breath, and at night rested because they must.

When the light came upon the following morning they looked back from a little hill and saw the outposts of the Asiki advancing not a mile behind.

Doubtless some of the army had been burned, but the rest, guessing their route, had forced a way through the reeds and cut across country.

So they began to run again harder than before, and kept their lead during the morning.

But when afternoon came the Asika gained on them.