CAMPAIGNS IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA, 1800—1899. 800 Uganda. In his confidential instructions to Major Martyr, Mr. Berkeley said: "Imust inform you that Ihave no instructions, but I feel convinced that, with foreign expeditions reported to be making for the Upper Nile, and the advance of British and Egyptian troops on Khartoum, it could not fail to be satisfactory self-defence comeinto armed collision with the emissaries of a foreign Power or with Abyssinians, should y*ou meet any* of the latter. While you would be justified in disregarding the presence of any foreigner on the Nile between Unyoro and the tenth degree ofnorth latitude as not having anypolitical significance that you need recognise, it would be wholly undesirable to compromise the good relations between Her Majesty's Government and a foreign Power by hostile action or initiation. Imay add further that Ifeel well assured that any collision with Abyssinian troops would be disapproved of, and should, therefore, be avoided by every* possible means."

MOMBASA. {From a Jihoto by SirJohn Kirk.)

to Her Majesty's Government that we should obtain closer touch with the Nile to our north. Iam, therefore, prepared to take the responsibility ofrequesting you, ifyou find you can do it with reasonablesafety, and can overcome the natural obstacles of the river, to endeavour to reconnoitreand make treaties with local chiefs as far as Fashoda, whichImention as being our extreme limit to the north. It is unnecessary that, in the conditions above stated, Ishould specially urge upon anofficer of your experience the importance of avoiding anything like a disaster, or proceedings or results that might create embarrassments forHer Majesty'sGovernment. You should in no case but that of The columnstartedfrom LakeAlbertNyanza, taking with it the steel boat and some native craft. Wadelai wasoccupied on September8th. The rapids of Dufile werethen passed by a long land portage, occupying a considerable time. Regaf was then reached, and, moving by the east bank of the river while the Belgians occupied the west, Martyr pushed on to Lado. He hadexpectedto meet here steamers sent up fromFashoda by the Sirdar, but the masses of weed(the sudd) in themain channel of the Nile preventedthis being donein the flood season of 1898. Whilst England was thus securing her hold upon theregion of the Central African lakesand