MRULI. 333 The natives here catch a great quantity of fish, chiefly the large-headed silurus, though there is a kind of carp, weighing from one to three pounds, which is very palatable. The way they catch fish is by means of a basketwork trap as in the picture.

We left Foweira in native canoes, and after six days arrived at Mruli on January 27, 1879.

Mruli (lat. 1 37' 43" K, long. 32 19' 49" E. ; 3513 feet above sea-level) was at that time the most southern of the Egyptian stations. Since we were there, the garrisons both from this place and from Keroto have been withdrawn, and now Foweira, Magungo, and a new station on the Nile exactly north of Panyatole, form the southern boundary of Egyptian territory.

At Mruli our Egyptian escort left us ; we parted from such faithful attendants with much regret, and felt as we bid them good-bye that we were saying farewell to civilisation.

Mtesa had sent an escort of 1500 men in addition to 400 porters, and we left Mruli on February 3 ; in five days afterwards we crossed the Ergugu, the most northern boundary of Uganda, and arrived in Kubaga, Mtesa's capital, on February 14 ; a curious valentine for him ! We had such a large escort from Mruli to Eubaga, for the following reason. Just north of the Ergugu, between Uganda and Mruli, there is a strip of land, about thirty miles broad, which belongs to Kabrega,