In Praise of Savagery by Warwick Cairns

Author:Warwick Cairns [Cairns, Warwick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biography & Autobiography, Adventurers & Explorers
ISBN: 9780007414031
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Published: 2011-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

Deep Water

Perhaps it was to do with Miriam Muhammad’s powers to find and bring water to his land; perhaps it was to do with the lateness of the hour, or the darkness round about; or the befuddling of his senses by age or by the excesses of feasting, but whatever the reason, he walked straight from the tent and over the edge of the river-cliff, falling fifteen feet down and landing with a splash in the deep waters of the Awash, waking the lazy crocodiles on the river’s edge, which, sensing prey, dragged themselves down into the water and began to make their way towards him.

The Hangadaala came to the surface and called out, splashing with his hands and feet as he tried to outswim the beasts.

The noise alerted the Abyssinian sentries, who, rushing over to see what the commotion was, and realising who had fallen, and the consequences for them all if he were to be eaten, dived in and dragged him out, just as the crocodiles were almost upon him.

The next day, Miriam Muhammad announced that he no longer intended to travel onto Aussa, as had originally been planned. Instead, he would go to his home village, a few miles away, and remain there.

Nothing that could be said would persuade him otherwise.

But he wished Thesiger and his party the very best of luck.

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