Eighteen years in Uganda & East Africa . edby the crowds of people who, from morning till night, throngedmy house to say good-bye. However, on Thursday, June 4,my loads were ready, and hearing that the canoes had arrived atMunyonyo, a start was made. Mr. Roscoe and Dr. Rattraywere my travelling companions. Being anxious to visit Nasa,Mpwapwa, Kisokwe, and Mamboya, I decided to travel by theold road through German territory. The monotony of the voyageacross the Lake was broken by a visit to Bukasa, where was at work, and where I was able to confirm no fewerthan seventy-two candidates,
Eighteen years in Uganda & East Africa . edby the crowds of people who, from morning till night, throngedmy house to say good-bye. However, on Thursday, June 4,my loads were ready, and hearing that the canoes had arrived atMunyonyo, a start was made. Mr. Roscoe and Dr. Rattraywere my travelling companions. Being anxious to visit Nasa,Mpwapwa, Kisokwe, and Mamboya, I decided to travel by theold road through German territory. The monotony of the voyageacross the Lake was broken by a visit to Bukasa, where was at work, and where I was able to confirm no fewerthan seventy-two candidates, forty-nine of them being we were detained nearly a week waiting for our fullcomplement of canoes to be made up. At length all wasready, and on Friday, June 12, we said good-bye to Gordonand our friends in Bukasa, and continued our voyage, whichwas without incident until Nasa was reached some twelve dayslater. Here we found to our great sorrow that Nickisson, who hadtravelled with me up-country in 1892, was dangerously ill with. IN JOURNEYINGS OFT 193 blackwater fever. In spite of all that Dr. Rattray could do forhim he gradually sank, and on Sunday, June 28, passed to hisrest. The loss of Nickisson was a great blow to the work atNasa. Hubbard had recently left for furlough, and Wrighthad only been a few months in the country, and as yet was buta tyro in the language. It was impossible to leave him was to be done ? Most self-deny ingly Dr. Rattray volun-teered to stay at Nasa until some permanent arrangement couldbe made by the Mission in Uganda to supply the vacant St. Peters Day I ordained Wright, giving him Priests Confirmation later in the day, of six men and three women,completed my work at Nasa. On July 1, Roscoe and I started on our long tramp of 700 miles,to the coast. It was a weary journey, the hot sun blazing uponour path, day after day, until we neared Kisokwe, where wearrived on July 30. Then the weather had broken, and heavyst
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