FAREWELL TO UGANDA. 281 and proceeded to Eegiaf, and from thence to Lado, the capital of the Equatorial Provinces, stopping on our way for half an hour at Gondokoro.

Below Gondokoro we had a narrow escape from an upset, owing to the carelessness of the crew, who allowed our boat to be carried down a narrow side channel, where it was dashed violently against a tree. I reached Lado on August 9th, and was warmly welcomed by Dr. Emin Bey, the governor, and Felkin, who had arrived some three weeks before me.

The subsequent narrative of our journey from Lado to the Bahr-el-Ghazel province, and thence through the vast forest regions between Dem Suliman and the Bahr-el-Arab ; our long camel ride through Dafur and Kordofan ; our voyage down the.

Nile to Berber, and the journey thence across the desert to Suakim on the Ked Sea, will be detailed in the second part of the book. So I must now bid the reader farewell, and entrust him to other hands to be pioneered through the regions of the Soudan, hoping that I have been able to add something to his knowledge of the people and lands of the mysterious Centre of Africa.