were in the boats save AH Amuri and six others. To God we belong and unto Him shall we return.

In very truth we were on the edge of destruction when there appeared afar off a boat. We fired

a shot into the air, and the boat came to meet us, and lo ! it was that of Abd el Rahman Abu Garun,*

a merchant from the Bahr el Ghazal. When he saw us, and in what circumstances we were, he wept

aloud, and gave us what was necessary of meat and

clothes. We were then five days' journey from Meshra el Rek, to which place we retraced our steps,

arriving on the nineteenth of July 1863. The people quickly crowded round, congratulating us on our

safe return, and condoling with us for what we had

lost of merchandise and men. Once more we embarked in our boats for Khartoum, which we reached on the eleventh of September 1863. Here

I remained for a space of time, occupying myself

with delights and pleasures, and I forgot the

sorrows and distresses that I had endured, by reason of the abundance of my gains. Then 1 bought such goods as were suitable for commerce, as well

as guns and ammunition, and an increased number

of followers.

* The name signifies "the father of horned cattle" and was given to Abd el Rahman in honour of his courage and enterprise. He was the first traveller to the Nyam-Nyams, and accompanied Petherick in his endeavours to penetrate the Bongo country. In 1866 he was repulsed by the Monbuttoo who were led by Nalengbe, the daughter of the King Tikkiboh, and was finally killed in 1870, in an engagement with the Nyam-Nyams not far from the residence of N'doruma.