ThewaterwasdiscoloredacircumstancewhichwehadobservedinnoriverinLondaorintheMakololocountryThisfineriverflowsamongextensivemeadowsclothedwithgiganticgrassandreeds，andinadirectionnearlynorth。
TheQuangoissaidbythenativestocontainmanyvenomouswater-snakes，whichcongregatenearthecarcassofanyhippopotamusthatmaybekilledinitIfthisistrue，itmayaccountforallthevillageswesawbeingsituatedfarfromitsbanks。
Wewereadvisednottosleepnearit；but，aswewereanxioustocrosstothewesternside，wetriedtoinducesomeoftheBashinjetolenduscanoesforthepurposeThisbroughtoutthechiefoftheseparts，whoinformedusthatallthecanoe-menwerehischildren，andnothingcouldbedonewithouthisauthorityHethenmadetheusualdemandforaman，anox，oragun，addingthatotherwisewemustreturntothecountryfromwhichwehadcomeAsIdidnotbelievethatthismanhadanypoweroverthecanoesoftheotherside，andsuspectedthatifIgavehimmyblankettheonlythingInowhadinreserve
hemightleaveusinthelurchafterall，Itriedtopersuademymentogoatoncetothebank，abouttwomilesoff，andobtainpossessionofthecanoesbeforewegaveuptheblanket；buttheythoughtthatthischiefmightattackusintheactofcrossing，shouldwedoso。
Thechiefcamehimselftoourencampmentandmadehisdemandagain。