PMN PASHA’S LETTERS

AND JOURNALS.

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FIRST ¥OURNEYS IN THE MADI COUNTRY, IN

UNYORO, AND IN UGANDA.

1. From LapD6 vp THE NILE To DUFILE.

(Letter to Dr. A. Petermann, from Dufilé, July 16, 1877.)

BEDEN—KIRI—DEFORMITIES OF THE BARI WOMEN—WILD ELEPHANTS— LABORE—KHOR-ET-TIN.

As you will see from the heading of my letter, I, the ceaseless wanderer, am once again in Dufilé, and I am making use of the leisure time afforded me to send you a few lines of greet- ing from this distant land. After having heard from Makraka the sad news of the death of Herr Kopp, Dr. Junker’s fellow-

traveller, I left Ladé, and was towed by the steamer to Gondokoro, where I remained with my dahabiye for the night. The next morning I continued my journey, negroes towing my boat up-stream. My arrival at Rejdf was delayed until evening, for the east bank of the river presented many hindrances to my people, on account of the projecting taw/s (floating grass islands): and the abundant bushes and trees; and as the river was unusually low—for this year we have a Kharif (rainy season) without rain—my dahabiye was obliged to tack con~ tinually to prevent running aground. My measurements

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