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four men were on the southern shores of the Victoria Nyanza ; one of whom, Dr. Smith, died there.

Two, Lieut. Smith and Mr. Wilson, crossed the Lake, and were cordially received by Mtesa on July 2nd. Subsequently the fourth, Mr. O'Neill, and Lieut. Smith were killed by the natives of Ukerewe, a large island in the Lake, and Mr. Wilson was thus left alone. He was afterwards joined by Mr.

Mackay, one of the original party, and in the meanwhile a party by the Nile route had been sent to his aid. This consisted of the Eev. G. Litchfield, Mr. C. W. Pearson, Mr. E. W. Felkin, medical missionary, and Mr. J. W. Hall. The latter was taken ill at Suakim, and obliged to return to England, but the other three reached Uganda safely in February 1879.

A few months later the Kev. C. T. Wilson and Mr. Felkin started for Europe, to take charge of three ambassadors whom Mtesa, king of Uganda, was anxious to send to England to see her Majesty the Queen.

The following pages must not be supposed to be an account of the Mission, but simply as intended to give a description of the countries visited, and especially of Uganda, where Mr. Wilson resided for two years, and the work of the Mission will only be alluded to so far as is necessary for the connection of the narrative.

The Committee of the Church Missionary Society