[Illustration: Cover art] [Frontispiece: GORUBA AT BAY. _See page_ 268] 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 [Illustration: Chapter I headpiece] CHAPTER I THE RUINED VILLAGE