The story of Africa and its explorers . zibar, that, as the Soudan had been abandoned,the Egyptian Government was in no way in-clined to help them, and that Emin wasauthorised to leave the Province as best hecould. A quarrel broke out between the menand officers of the First and Second Bat-tahons—the men of the former agreeingamong themselves that they would not retreatto the south. Rather than go to Wadelai,they would disband and return to their homes,which, in many cases, were in the Soudan. Aplot was also discovered, by which someof the Bornu and Adamawa men from the 28 THE 8T0BY OF AFRICA.
The story of Africa and its explorers . zibar, that, as the Soudan had been abandoned,the Egyptian Government was in no way in-clined to help them, and that Emin wasauthorised to leave the Province as best hecould. A quarrel broke out between the menand officers of the First and Second Bat-tahons—the men of the former agreeingamong themselves that they would not retreatto the south. Rather than go to Wadelai,they would disband and return to their homes,which, in many cases, were in the Soudan. Aplot was also discovered, by which someof the Bornu and Adamawa men from the 28 THE 8T0BY OF AFRICA. distant Niger region intended to kill all theirofficers and establish a Free State; and inDufile, a sergeant-major fired at an to this, the ill-will between the Egyptiansand Soudanese grew daily more and more matters, always bad, did not improve. Themutinous First Battalion, though it had obeyedEmins order to retire from Lado on Kijiafand re-occupy Makaraka, on account of thedifficulty of supplying the Northern garrisons. MAKAEAKA DWELLINGS. (From a PJiotograpli by R. Buchta.) acute, and the troubles beginning to thronground Emin may be conceived. At this datehe was so discouraged that he meditatedreturning to Kabba Regas, and wait thereuntil the men have recovered their senses,and will follow me—for follow me they will,sooner or later—sentiments which aptlyillustrate his frame of mind two years later(p. 50). The war between Unyoro and Ugandahaving terminated, Captain Casati was sent tooccupy the position at Kabba Regas whichVita Hassan had held for a few months,and, if possible, to keep open the route toUganda, in the hope that good relations withMpwanga might prove useful to the Province. In January, 1887, Dr. Junker arrived inEgypt, but seemed to consider it necessary,for the credit of his friend Emin, to put thebest face upon the state of matters in theEquatorial Province. Yet soon after he left, without having this corn-yielding land opento them, was pra
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