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79 to abandon gradually and completely, if this experiment succeeded. M. Linant de Bellefonds was better, and could go out again, wlien, by some imprudence on his part, he had a relapse. The Colonel ordered the doctor not to leave him day or night ; I myself, who was to have left for Dufile, two hundred miles further south, delayed my departure to nurse my friend. But the malady increased every day, producing extreme weakness, and poor Linant died at last at three o'clock in the afternoon of September 17tli. The Colonel was then at Rejaf, and could not be present at the funeral. My friend was laid beside Mr. "Witt. Thus, in such a short space of time, I had assisted at the burial of three companions. The health of Major Campbell did not seem to improve, and the patient grew thinner every day ; Mr. Russell was no better ; indeed, at one time we thought we should have lost him. As soon as he had recovered a little the Colonel made him embark on his return home.

Menges, the Colonel's servant, a well-instructed young man, who had accepted this humble post to be able to travel, was very near death also, and was sent back to Cairo. My servant, too, was obliged to leave me, on account of illness, and with him I sent away my dragoman, who was too fond of slaves. Of the twelve persons composing the expedition, including the Commander, there now remained no more than four.

We were still without news of Colonel Long, who had been sent to Mtesa, the Sultan of Uganda ; the latter had sent to the Khedive some very beautiful elephant tusks, begging that he would send him in exchange a person who could explain the Koran to him, another who could perform the rite of circumcision, and a third who could blow the trumpet. Colonel Gordon, when he sent Colonel Long to him, sent also two Fekili (Mussulman priests, who could explain the Koran), and very many presents. The