The Treasure Of The Lake

The Treasure Of The Lake by H. Rider Haggard is an adventure novel featuring Allan Quatermain as protagonist. Excerpt: "«Baas, if you believe that Prophet-worshippers do not drink, your head is even softer than I imagined. It is true that they have no gin here, at least at present, because they have finished the last lot and cannot get any more till the traders come. But they make a kind of wine of their own out of palm trees which answers quite well if you can swallow enough of it without being sick, which I am sorry to say I can't, Baas, and therefore this afternoon I have only had two pannikins full. If the Baas would like to try some–Here I lifted the first thing that came to hand–it was a three-legged stool–and hurled it at Hans, who slipped cleverly round the corner of the hut, probably because he was expecting its advent.»