THE LONG TRAIL

A STORY OF AFRICAN ADVENTURE

BY

HERBERT STRANG

ILLUSTRATED BY H. EVISON

With a Frontispiece in Colour by A. della Valle

HUMPHREY MILFORD OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON, EDINBURGH, GLASGOW TORONTO, MELBOURNE, CAPE TOWN, BOMBAY 1919

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY R. CLAY AND SONS, LTD., BRUNSWICK STREET, STAMFORD STREET, S.E. 1, AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.

HERBERT STRANG

COMPLETE LIST OF STORIES

ADVENTURES OF DICK TREVANION, THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY ROCHESTER, THE A GENTLEMAN AT ARMS A HERO OF LIEGE AIR PATROL, THE AIR SCOUT, THE BARCLAY OF THE GUIDES BOYS OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE BROWN OF MOUKDEN BURTON OF THE FLYING CORPS CARRY ON CRUISE OF THE GYRO-CAR, THE FIGHTING WITH FRENCH FLYING BOAT, THE FRANK FORESTER HUMPHREY BOLD JACK HARDY KING OF THE AIR KOBO LORD OF THE SEAS MOTOR SCOUT, THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN, THE ONE OF CLIVE'S HEROES PALM TREE ISLAND ROB THE RANGER ROUND THE WORLD IN SEVEN DAYS SAMBA SETTLERS AND SCOUTS SULTAN JIM SWIFT AND SURE THROUGH THE ENEMY'S LINES TOM BURNABY TOM WILLOUGHBY'S SCOUTS WITH DRAKE ON THE SPANISH MAIN WITH HAIG ON THE SOMME

CONTENTS

CHAP.

I. THE RUINED VILLAGE II. THE FIGHT AT DAWN III. THE STORY OF GORUBA IV. RUSHED BY TUBUS V. UNDER THE LASH VI. THE NORTHWARD TRAIL VII. THE PYTHON VIII. SETTING A TRAP IX. THE BROKEN BRIDGE X. IN HOT PURSUIT XI. A STRATEGIC RETREAT XII. A STAMPEDE XIII. A NARROW SHAVE XIV. AT BAY XV. THE PROBLEM XVI. A NIGHT INTRUDER XVII. A NIGHT ADVENTURE XVIII. ATTACKED BY LIONS XIX. TRAINING AN ARMY XX. THE MYSTERY DEEPENS XXI. A BLOW FOR LIBERTY XXII. THE DISCOVERY OF RABEH'S HOARD XXIII. GORUBA IS CAUGHT XXIV. A FIGHT WITH CROCODILES XXV. CHARGED BY RHINOCEROSES XXVI. DISASTER XXVII. AN ATTACK IN FORCE XXVIII. THE ELEVENTH HOUR XXIX. TUBUS TO THE RESCUE XXX. THE FORWARD MARCH XXXI. THE LAST FIGHT XXXII. A HOT CHASE XXXIII. THE END OF GORUBA XXXIV. THE GREAT REWARD

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

COLOUR PLATE BY A. DELLA VALLE

GORUBA AT BAY (see p. 268) . . . Frontispiece

DRAWINGS BY H. EVISON

AT GRIPS WITH THE NEGRO

JOHN ADDRESSES THE SENTRY

THE PRISONER

IN THE PYTHON'S TOILS

COLLAPSE

AT THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF

FACING THE FOE

JOHN TO THE RESCUE

A FATAL LEAP

THE DISCOVERY IN THE DITCH

GAMBARU IS AMAZED

THE FIGHT WITH THE CROCODILES

THE RHINOCEROS IN PURSUIT

GORUBA HAS A BLOW

RESCUED BY THE ENEMY

ROYCE LEADS THE CHARGE

GORUBA CLIMBS THE WELL

The LONG TRAIL