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town of Bagamoyo, Lieutenant Smith accompanying him to that place to assist in the work of hiring porters and getting the caravan ready. In a few days more O'Neill got fairly off, having about sixty men in all with him.

It was decided that I was to have charge of the second caravan ; so immediately on O'Neill's departure I began preparing for a start, and for a fortnight Dr. Smith and I were busily employed unpacking the goods brought from England and repacking them in suitable loads for transport into the interior.