Ten years in Equatoria; . t, but the kings whim was satisfied, andnumerous presents were showered on Guakamatera, the director ofthe pious enterprise. Everything concurred to render it more obvious that Chua,having repented his promises, had again given way to thecustomary polities of intrigue and deceit. The pressure of his faithful servants and the uncertainty andcarelessness on our part had encouraged him, but he hesitated toproceed to open violence. A thread, though a thin one, stillbound him to us. From the first day of my stay in Unyoro, six youths belongingto the best families of the ki
Ten years in Equatoria; . t, but the kings whim was satisfied, andnumerous presents were showered on Guakamatera, the director ofthe pious enterprise. Everything concurred to render it more obvious that Chua,having repented his promises, had again given way to thecustomary polities of intrigue and deceit. The pressure of his faithful servants and the uncertainty andcarelessness on our part had encouraged him, but he hesitated toproceed to open violence. A thread, though a thin one, stillbound him to us. From the first day of my stay in Unyoro, six youths belongingto the best families of the kingdom had on my advice been sent toWadelai to receive literary instruction at that school. Two of thepupils had died of small-pox during the epidemic which ravagedthe country in the last months of 1886 ; the other four were stillattending the school, to their benefit, and the satisfaction of theirteachers. The king had several times expressed a wish to see theyoung students for a short time, and I, without giving a formal. TRANSPORT OF KING CHUAS CANOES, DANGER AND ANXIETY. 291 refusal, had always encouraged Emiu to keep those precioushostages, as a check on any wicked intention of the king. But onthe 1st of November, Emin sent back the four lads from Kibiro,and at the same time informed me that, by request of the officersand employes of the 1st battalion, he purposed visiting thenorthern stations in the hope of restoring order among the troops,and bringing them to reason. At the close of the letter he hinted at his expectation ofpersuading those people, by telling them that the firman for thetitle of Pasha had been conferred upon him, as the letters of theEgyptian Government had announced in a despatch from theBritish Consul General at Zanzibar, which I had forwarded tohim. I answered Emin that, notwithstanding the ever increasingdanger threatening our safety, I was ready to do all in my power tohelp him in his painful situation. I advised him to grant a generalpardon to some
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