Wade la i and the Ilfouf/i of ihc Albert Lake. 113 After a passage of four liours we readied the eastern bank. At the distance of four or five miles from land I came upon a number of islands and sand-banks, but the water not being less than six feet deep, we were able to pass through them. I perceived on these islands the roofs of some huts, the inhabitants of which had fled with their cattle to the mainland, where the bank formed a kind of bay, sheltered from the southerly winds.

March 21.sf. — Set out at four a.m. According to my calculations, the Magungo river cannot be far distant ; we arrived at a peninsula, where the natives in thousands ran to the shore in a threatening manner. I thought it prudent to keep at a distance. I asked them if Magungo was still far off. They replied repeatedly, " We are the people of Kaba Rega," which made me suppose that Kaba Rega dwells in these parts, or very near.

While I was with Sheikh Wadelai a messenger had come from Sultan Kaba Rega. He demanded that all the men disposable should be sent to Missindi to transport the ivor} collected there into a safer place, the Arab troops having approached his possessions. Kaba Rega, in the meantime, was preparing Avith all his warriors to attack the station of Anfina. Wadelai had promised a great deal, but performed nothing. Kaba Rega had therefore marched in great force to the north, when all of a sudden he heard of the enemy's ships of war having appeared. They were our boats !

This unexpected news was the cause of great commotion among all the tribe, and when we approached the villages on the banks of the river, there was a general flight of the population, who, abandoning their huts, and carrying with them their possessions and their cattle, hid themselves in the thick jungle, or on the heights of the mountains. During the night the horns sounded continually, calling the warriors together with the signals agreed I