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STARrixXG FOR LASSA. 355
the river, and he kept fancying all the time that he heard
stealthy footsteps creeping up behind him. How he
managed to Imd his way in the dark he could not explain
himself : he stumbled, he fell, he got up again, he raced
down the hills like a madman, he waded through the river
with the water up to his waist, and when he finally came
near the camp, he was as near as possible shot by the
man on sentry. Upon getting into camp, he collapsed
completely, and could not be induced to open his mouth.
The other men were filled with consternation ; they be-
lieved that he was the only survivor of our little band,
and that we three pilgrims had been killed. Some little
time elapsed before the men were able to revive him, and
he then told them what had happened, and delivered my
letter to Sirkin.
Cherdon’s pursuit proved fruitless. All we learned from
it was that the robbers had travelled for about twenty-five
miles without stopping and had then been joined by several
other Tibetans, who were waiting for them, and after that
the whole body rode so far in a river that their trail could
no longer be picked up.
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