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CHAPTEE XIV.

SHIPWRECK.

Interpreter killed — Storm — Shipwreck — Rescue of i)rovisions —

Lost instruments — Magungo — Warlike music — Two thou- sand natives — Flight of arrows — Wad-el-Mek — Cataract — Thousands of hippopotami — Compact with the natives — Message to Anfina — War hetween Wad-el-]*Iek and Kaha Rega — Victory of Wad-el-Mek . , . .117

CHAPTER XV.

ON THE MYSTERIOCS LAKE.

The Bisso Mountains — Great cascade — Grigantic waves — The

Dongolese — Malcontent crew — Belila — Want of discipline — Attempt at towing — Another cascade — The River Tisa — Third cascade — Thunderstorm — Thousands of fish and crocodiles — The gate of Shubra — All on land. . .123

CHAPTER XVI.

CIRCUMXAVIGATION COMPLETED.

Natives of Unyoro — Killing an enormous hippopotamus —

Great feast — Thunderstorm — Floating island — Southern extremity of the lake — ^larshcs — High mountains in view to the south — Hostility of the natives — Failure to land — Village among the marshes — Mount Modrog —Navigation to the north — Rapid voyage — Volume of water in the Nile — Width of the lake — Population — Little shelter — Ivory — Climate — In the Nile — Arrival at Dufile— The exploration of Coja or Kapeki Lake by Carlo Piaggia • 1 30

CHAPTER XVII.

JOURNEY TO FADASI.

Misunderstanding with Gordon — Gessi leaves for Italy — Pre-

parations for exploring the Sobat — Morch and Buchta — A disastrous fire — Determination to search for Cecchi and

Chiarini with Dr. Matteucci — Telfener's generosity — Pre-

sented to Prince Humbert — New subsidies — Return to Egypt 139 CHAPTER XVIII.

TRADE OF THE SOUDAN WITH ITALY.

On the dahabia — Assuan — Korosko — -Tributes — Dearth —

Trade with Italy — Tamarinds and gums — Calisto Legnani — Lombroso — Spada — Departure . . . . .145