502 LETTERS TO DR. SCHWEINFURTH.

now in Mahagi, that he may return to him. It is clear, then, that all is quiet there, and so the Arab merchants will soon again be passing along the roads between Uganda and Unyoro. I will even try to get some small boxes of specimens conveyed to Sir John Kirk, though most of the rare ones from Monbuttu must remain here for the present. If those I send arrive safely, some light and beautiful things shall follow for you and the Leipzig people. Junker’s collections are in Lado6; not a word has been heard of him, and I do not even know if he has arrived safely in Uganda.

We are just as we were. The men will not move, and the few who are inclined to make the journey dare not speak their minds. Moreover, the disagreement between the Sudanese and Heyptians becomes more marked every day, and hatred of the latter is openly expressed, only a few of them who enjoy a fairly good reputation being spared. This is certainly not undeserved, for the Egyptian gentlemen have always treated the Sudanese en canaille, in spite of all my warnings, but now the tables are turned. I endeavour to mediate as much. as possible; but can this go on long? I have made a fresh attempt to bring the men to reason; if this too fails, I must resign myself to circumstances, and preserve the show of authority which I still possess as long as I can. If the worst comes to the worst, the only thing I can do will be to put the reins into the hands of the oldest Sudanese officer, withdraw, if possible, to Kabréga’s, and wait there until the men have recovered their senses and will follow me—for follow me they will sooner or later. In any case, I will let the Government know by this post all that is going on here.

I believe, if I may give my candid opinion, that the Government would act wisely if they paid the men and let them go their own way, or handed them over to Said Bargash. very officer and private soldier has his house full of people. You know how they live here, and if this troop actually went to Egypt, or even to Zanzibar, there would be no end to the outcry and scandal about slaves, &c. Besides, as I have already hinted, strict discipline is not to be thought of with such soldiers and officers, and therefore Heypt would gain nothing by them, but would increase its budget to no purpose. The few old rifles