UponmanyoccasionsIhadsenttorequesthisattendance，buthewasalwaysinthesanctuaryofhisownprivatehouse，orratherestablishmentofhouses；thesewereaseriesofenormousbeehive-shapedstrawandcanedwellingsinacourtyardofaboutanacre，surroundedbyafence，andguardedbymanysentries，eachofwhomhadasmallbutbuiltinthemiddleofthehedge。
Sincethedepartureoftheirregularlevy，Ihadnoticedadecidedchangeinthedemeanourofthechiefs。Kittiakara，whohadbeenourgreatestfriend，couldneverlookmeintheface，butalwayscasthiseyesuponthegroundwhenspeakingorlistening。
Thefoodforthetroopswasobtainedwiththegreatestdifficulty，afterconstantworryandendlessapplications。ItwasinvainthatIinsistedupontherightofpayingforasupplyofcorn；thechiefsreplied：”IsnotKabbaRegayourson?canasonsellcorntohisownfather”
Atthesametimeweneverhadtwodays’provisionsinstore，andweweresimplylivingfromhandtomonth。Thislookedsuspicious，asthoughthetroopsweretoberenderedhelplessbytheabsenceofsuppliesintheeventofhostilities。
MyfewBarisconsistedofmygoodinterpreterMorgian，togetherwiththreeothernatives，whohadbeenforsomeyearsintheemployofSuleiman。Ihadkeptthesepeoplewithme，astheyknewsomethingaboutthecountryandtheUnyoros。Theywereallarmedandweretolerablygoodshots。OneofthesefellowsMolodi，anativeoftheMadicountry，wasextremelyusefulandintelligent。HenowtoldmethatIcouldneverdependuponKabbaRega，andthathehadsimplybeggedmetosendtheirregularsoutofthecountryinorderthatIshouldnothearthetruthofhisformerconductfromthem；also，intheirabsence，Ishouldbequiteignorantofthepathsthatwerenowcompletelyovergrownwithimmenselyhighgrassthroughoutthecountry。