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and wounded many more, before lie fell from an arrow which struck him in the head ; Smith was almost the last who fell, and was said by some to have been writing in a book nearly the whole time of the fight. Some of the Wang'uana tried to escape by swimming, but were hunted down by the Wakerewe in canoes, and speared in the water.

Among those who were killed was Hamis, Songoro's slave, and the originator of all the trouble. After all was over, Lukonge cut off the heads of Smith, O'Neill, and Songoro, and hung them up in his principal hut ; the bodies he threw into the Lake.

Sisamani, the carpenter, was taken prisoner, and after being kept in captivity eight days was released and sent back to Kagei.

The news of the fight and massacre was soon brought over to Kagei by the runaways, and Hassani sent men down to Unyanyembe to meet Mackay, who was supposed to be on his way to the Lake, to tell him what had happened, and then, after waiting some days longer, came over in the Daisy to Uganda to tell me. The immediate cause of my companions' death was Hassani's desertion ; for, had he obeyed orders and waited at Nasso, it would have been possible to have transported the whole party by relays to one of the nearer islands in a very short time, and as the Wakerewe are badly provided with canoes, they would have been safe there. Besides that, had the Daisy been at hand,