's name on it?" "Oh, that is on the way to
Gondokoro. It was not Petherick who wrote, but some one else, who told
me to look out for your coming this way. We don't know his name, but he
said if we pointed it out to you, you would know at once."

4th.--After spending the night as Mahamed's guest, I strolled round the
place to see what it was like, and found the Turks were all married to
the women of the country, whom they had dressed in clothes and beads.
Their children were many, with a prospect of more. Temporary marriages,
however, were more common than others--as, in addition to their slaves,
they hired the daughters of the villagers, who remained with them whilst
they were trading here, but went back to their parents when they marched
to Gondokoro. They had also many hundreds of cattle, which it was
said they had plundered from the natives, and now used for food, or to
exchange for ivory, or other purposes. The scenery and situation were
perfect for health and beauty. The settlement lay at the foot of
small, well-wooded granitic hills, even prettier than the outcrops of
Unyamuezi, and was intersected by clear streams.

At noon, all the rear troops arrived with Bombay and Piejoko in person.
This good creature had treated Bombay very handsomely on his former
journey. He said he felt greatly disappointed at my pushing past him
yesterday, as he wished to give me a cow, but still hoped I would go
over and make friends with him. I gave him some beads and off he walked.
Old Chongi's "children," who had escorted us all the way from Kamrasi's,
then took some beads and cast-off clothes for themselves and their
father, and left us in good-humour.

This reduced the expedition establishment to my men and Kidgwiga's. With
these, now, as there was no letter from Petherick, I ordered a march for
the next morning, but at once met with opposition. Mahamed told me that
there were no vessels at Gondokoro; we must wait two months, by which
time he expected they would arrive there, and some one would come to
meet him with beads. I said in answer, that Petherick had promised to
have boats there all the year round, so I would not wait. "Then," said
Mahamed, "we cannot go with you, for there is a famine at this season
at Gondokoro." I said, "Never mind; do you give me an interpreter, and
I will go as I am." "No," said Mahamed, "that will not do, as the Bari
people are so savage, you could not get through them with so small a
force; beside