142 UGANDA AND THE EGYPTIAN SOUDAN.

natured man, and told me that he came from a far country, many, many days' march away ; that all his tribe, which was numerous, were the same size, and that they lived among the mountains, the tops of which were always white, and that the men of his tribe used light spears in war, which they could throw a long distance.

We stayed two days at Eohl, and received much kindness from the ofl&cials ; the agent, the clerk, and the commander of the soldiers eaeh sending us three meals a day ; but as we both had fever, it was with difficulty that we could make even a show of eating. We left Kohl on October 9, and in four hours and a half arrived at a group of villages, and camped in an empty one, named Jua (Djour).

The road had led through most pleasant park-land, but we had had two large swamps to cross, the first one being three feet deep for two-thirds of the way.

The porters in this part were very weak ; they could hardly carry our light loads, but stopped to rest about every half-hour, which made the journey from Eohl to Djour Grhattas very tedious. The poor men had had a very hard year's work, on account of the slave war ; for they had to be constantly engaged in carrying the munitions and stores from Shambil or Meshera-er-Kek, and often had only insufficient supplies of food. Sis and a half hours brought us to Mouchta, a small station occupied by a few irregular soldiers. We passed