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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 mean-

while 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 mis-

sionary, 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