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437 " Here, in the great seriba of Meshra, I met Gessi who had come there to expedite the boats that returned from Jur Gattas. Gessi has now become the father of the poor slaves ; and I had often occasion to witness the anxiety with which these poor disinherited people look f orAvard to the day when their defender must leave them for other tasks.

" As to the plan of my journey, you will allow me to say that in a few days I shall start for Jur Gattas.

From that station I hope to go to Monbuttu by way of Ndruma (the same as Mdarama) and Mbio, and I hope that in 1881 I shall be able to establish myself for some time in Munza's country, wliere I count upon undertaking the explorations of Avhich you already know. If you will alloAV me, I will keep you au couraiit of all that happens to me.

" DOCTOE JtJNKJ]R," EuROrEANS IN THE SoUDAN AND SLAVERY.

(Letter from Dr. Schweinfurth.)

" Cairo, "May 24th, 1880.

" To the Editor of the Esplondore.

" After having informed you of ni} return from my annual tour in the desert, it remains to reply to your last concerning the basin of the Congo and the Binue. What Crowther said about the latter river is not possible, because, as the Binue is a river of itself, it cannot belong to any other basin than its own, neither to that of the AVelle, nor that of the Congo, and, what is more, its sources are probably to be found to the nortli of the Congo.

" It is not admissible that the Binue, in its upper