DB. EMIX BEY. 85 CHAPTER YI.

LADO.

A SAIL of four hours and a half from Gondokoro brought me to Lado, and I met with a hearty welcome from Dr. Emin Bey, the Governor of the Equatorial Provinces. It was indeed a pleasure to meet with a European again, and I remained at Lado as his guest from July 23 until September 18.

Mr. Wilson and the Waganda envoys joined me on August 19, and from that time we travelled together.

Dr. Emin is a perfect gentleman, and does all in his power to help a stranger, being one of the most unselfish men I ever met. All his comforts he shared with us, and took much pains to give all the information his wide experience of these countries could afi'ord, and I have to thank him for many notes on the manners and customs of the people. His great object in life is to make the people over whom he has control happy and contented, and to do as much as possible to raise and educate them. How much he has done will never be known, but to this I can bear testimony, slavery and ill-treatment of natives have ceased in all his provinces ; the natives are on friendly terms with the soldiers, and all live