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same day another important personage fell into the hands of the Southerners. This was no other than Gideon Spilen, a reporter for the New York Herald, who had been ordered to follow the changes of the war in the midst of the Northern armies
[Umlilwane: “Little Fire”–Kafirs are fond of bestowing nicknames. This one referred to its bearer’s habitually short temper.]
thin a tiny oasis. Close by was an Arab douar of some eight or ten tents.
I had come down from the north to hunt lion. My party consisted of a dozen children of the desert–I was the only “white” man.
Yet another of Gould’s splendid stories of love, adventure and horse racing.
novel. I suppose they–the flights and flourishes–are desirable, and I regret not being able to supply them; but at the same time I cannot help thinking that simple things are always the most impressive,
would it not be a good plan, before setting out, to build a canoe in which we could either ascend the river, or, if we liked, coast round the island? It will not do to be unprovided.”
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