“There have been no baboons seen since we occupied the kopje,” said Lennox.
“Perhaps not; but when they were driven off they must have gone somewhere, and what more likely than that they should come back to the spot where they could get water?—Come, my man, you felt frightened, didn’t you?”
“Yes, sir,” said the sentry; “I was a bit scared.”
“And you think now that all you heard was a party of those big dog-like monkeys—eh?”
“No, sir; it was men, and only three or four.”
“Ha! How do you know?”
“Because the baboons go on all fours, sir; and I could make out one man standing up as he ran off along the rocky bit of path.”
“What! You saw one man?”
“Yes, sir.”
“But it was dark?”