26 UGANDA AND TEE EGYPTIAN SOUDAN.

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 de-

parture 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.