490 LETTERS TO DR. SCHWEINFURTH.

missionaries in Uginda—if only one reaches them it will suffice. Each of these packets contains two identical letters in English and French, in which I request that the Consuls-General in Zanzibar, and through their mediation the Egyptian Government, may be informed of our situation, that messengers may be sent to us from Uganda, and that they may bring a few old newspapers to inform us what has taken place in the Sudan and Heypt since 1883.

On the 31st of October the steamer came from Dufilé. The communications with Ladé and Gondokoro are still uninterrupted, and all the Dragomans have fled from Rejaf. The cause of the Bari movement is now clear to me. As long as I was present and prevented any interference with their affairs, and particularly any attacks on their herds, they remained comparatively quiet, although they were excited by the occurrences among the Dinka at Rumbek, and afterwards by the war against the Danagla, who, by sending emissaries with all kinds of pretexts, tried to incite the Bari to revolt. The complete defeat of the soldiers sent to Bor, and the desire which then arose to imitate the Dinka by seizing arms and ammunition, but, above all, the proceedings of the commanders of the stations at Ladé, Rejaf, and especially Gondokoro, who, in spite of all warnings, made requisitions of cattle under all sorts of pretences —such are the causes which will lead to the loss of the whole Bari district; for, should we be able to crush the movement by sheer force, the gain would not compensate for the expenditure of ammunition, which is now so indispensable, or for the irreparable loss of men. Owing to the scarcity of corn in the Bari district, and the impossibility of sending it from the south, the stations would fall from starvation, and I am therefore inclined to make arrangements for the evacuation of Lado and Gondokéro, to collect the men together in Rejaf, and gradually retire on Dufilé. If we collect together, it is perhaps possible, with good management and the ammunition we have in hand, to maintain our position for another year, which may be long enough to send letters and men to Hgypt and receive an answer. But will Messiewrs les Officier's obey orders ? On November 1, I sent Kabréga’s men in a steamboat to Kibiro, on the lake, with some presents and the above-mentioned