Contents.

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healthiness of Gondokoro — Death of Linaut de Eellefonds — Sultan Mtesa — Colonel Long . . • . .71

CHAPTER X.

GORDON AT WORK.

Abu-Sud — Betrayer of Baker — Gordon deceived — Destitu-

tion of Abu-Sud — Internal wars — Trade in ivory and slaves —The Dinkas 81

CHAPTER XI.

AT LADO.

Lado, headquarters — Elephant in the camp — Long returns from

Uganda — The Sheikh of Lado — Twelve thousand uxcn — Crocodiles — Ernest Linaut de Bellefonds — Chijijiendale and AVatson — The Khedive — Marno and Hansal — Death of my son — Banquet of Yussuf Bey — Kaka in danger — Death of Yussuf Bey — Assault of Kaka hy the Shilluks — Return to Fashoda 88

CHAPTER XII.

THE EXPLORATION OP THE ALBERT NYANZA.

The Albert Xyanza — Shari or Congo % — Failure of Watson's and

Chippendale's expedition — Departure for the Albert X^yanza — The DuJUc and the IMaguiKjo- — Arrival at Dufilc — Pre- ])arations for departure — Carlo Piaggia and Lake Kapeki — Seriba Behit — Contrary winds — Tlmnderstorm — A piringi killed — Seriba Baro — Water-plants — Inhabited shore — Difficult navigation — The Ardus tribe — The Nile flows from the Albert Lake ....... 99

CHAPTER XIII.

WADELAI AND THE MOUTH OF THE ALBERT LAKE.

Advance l)y rowing — Natives — Hospitality — Interpreters —

Arrival at Wadelai — AVadelai's brother — Vassal of Kaba Rega — Treason of the false Wadelai — Merissa — River of the Luris — Ferocity of the Luris- — Blood -brotherhood with Wadelai — The Yaco — Crocodile's blood — Hij^popota- mus meat — Populous shores— Bananas and doora — The Langos — Distrustful natives — Equinoctial hurricanes — Kaba Rega — War-ships — Fires — Kaba Rega and Mtesa — Letter of Mtesa to Gordon — Hostility — Flight — Mortality in the Uuyoro — Hurricane — Foquah and Faigaro . . 105