. From the Niger to the Nile . rewe should find a camping-ground for the night, and pressedon past point and point ever in the hope of finding firm sun was sinking fast and the headlands stood out blackand strong against a fiery, copper glow, beckoning us on likesiren rocks. Already the more frequent sounds of the polers slappingtheir fiesh warned us of the attendant terrors of the night,and restlessly we redoubled our efforts, aware that thesouthern dark would leap upon us suddenly and hold usbenighted in the boat. Presently, on rounding a headland,we spied through the gathering gloo
. From the Niger to the Nile . rewe should find a camping-ground for the night, and pressedon past point and point ever in the hope of finding firm sun was sinking fast and the headlands stood out blackand strong against a fiery, copper glow, beckoning us on likesiren rocks. Already the more frequent sounds of the polers slappingtheir fiesh warned us of the attendant terrors of the night,and restlessly we redoubled our efforts, aware that thesouthern dark would leap upon us suddenly and hold usbenighted in the boat. Presently, on rounding a headland,we spied through the gathering gloom a large Buduma fieetof canoes about 500 yards distant across the bay evidentlyengaged in pulling up their nets. Here was our chance;they had not observed us, so under cover of the dusk we stolesilently along under the lee of the promontory in the shadowof the reeds till we got within 400 yards of them. Then theysighted us; whereupon a great commotion followed and wecould see boats and Budumas darting about in all TALBOT WITH THE THEODOLITE OUR FIRST VOYAGE ON LAKE CHAD 323 When our polers realised what was happening they put on atremendous spurt and sent our boat along grandly. Butthe effort was vain ; when we arrived upon the scene boats
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