Death of Anson.

to my company. At four o'clock in the evening of July 28tli I had my comrade buried in a grave dug in a forsaken ant-hill ; I set up a cross and we parted for ever. On leaving the place I had myself carried on deck to take a last farewell of the grave of my friend, the purest soul I ever knew.

On the 20th I met three nugars laden with ivory ; 1 gave them letters to the Colonel, informing him of the sad event.

Juhj dOfh. — I met the steamer Imhabi with three nugars coming from Gondokoro. The captain informed me that the steamer TaJaJiauin was then at Gabe-Shambe to take in fuel. Meantime the Sajjhia was nearly at the end of her supply, and it was with great difficulty that we obtained the required pressure ; it was necessary to adopt some instant expedient. Detaching the three nugars and continuing Avith two dahabias, I sent twelve soldiers Avell-armed on to the nugars, gave twenty rifles to the crews, and was just going to give the orders for departure when a nugar laden with wood arrived, sent us by the Talahauin, whose people knew that we were in a critical position. But it was not sufficient to reach Gabe-Shambe. I was grieved at the sight of my poor soldiers and sailors continually in the water, exposed naked to the persecutions of the mosquitoes, but there was no other Ava}?- of collecting the fuel necessary.

Several soldiers and sailors were ill ; the Arab scribe of Hassan Ibrahim had died of fever ; the captain and engine-driver were also ill. The steamer was changed into a hospital, but none the less was it necessary to go on. All the surrounding country, as far as eye could reach, was covered with reeds and tall rushes, or with water, and only enough fuel remained to us to last four more hours. I therefore caused all the tables and wooden furniture that was to be found on board, and was not absolutely necessary, to be collected. I called the captain, Hassan