Ten years in Equatoria; . of different sizes, rolled into a cylinder, and turned round by a handle;a ventilator completed theapparatus. For this businesshe employed women andchildren, who, under thedirection of Europeans,worked with precision anddiscipline. But unfortunately con-fidence was shaken. Thefeverish excitement for com-merce was cooling down ; theidea of the unhealthiness ofthe climate became para-mount ; a few deaths causeda panic, and many retracedtheir steps. The young Pole,Mirski, and the Italians, Mar-coni, Buglione, andFraccaroli,soon paid their tribute todeath. Poor Fraccaroli
Ten years in Equatoria; . of different sizes, rolled into a cylinder, and turned round by a handle;a ventilator completed theapparatus. For this businesshe employed women andchildren, who, under thedirection of Europeans,worked with precision anddiscipline. But unfortunately con-fidence was shaken. Thefeverish excitement for com-merce was cooling down ; theidea of the unhealthiness ofthe climate became para-mount ; a few deaths causeda panic, and many retracedtheir steps. The young Pole,Mirski, and the Italians, Mar-coni, Buglione, andFraccaroli,soon paid their tribute todeath. Poor Fraccaroli! Aviolent attack of malignantfever ended his career, May 14, 1880, and the lamentations of thecolony accompanied him to the graye. Young, brave, strong, andintelligent, he had proved his aptitude for African undertakings,by having in a very short time completed the journey (to and fro,midst numberless difficulties) between Khartoum and El-Fasher(capital of Darfur) on camel-back, attended only by a boy twelveyears of FRACCAEOLI. ( 21 ; CHAPTER II. FROM KHARTOUM TO MESHRA-EL-REK. I am able to embark—Brun RoUet—The missionaries—The brothers Poncet—Miani—Tura-el-Hadra—Duemme—El-Koweh—The majestic Nile—The Bag-geia—The island Abba and the future Prophet—Kaka and the Shillook—Theriver Sobat—The delegates of the Society for the Suppression of the SlaveTrade—Bahr-el-Ghazal—Mosquitoes and wasps—Numerous hippopotami—Scorpions—Mode of curing their bite—The Nuer—Their rivalry with theDinka—The river is closed by thick matted vegetation—Immense toil inopening a road through it—Negro soldiers—Sixty-six obstructions—TheBalseniceps Rex—Troops of elephants—Arrival at Meshra-el-Rek. It was a period of festivity at Khartoum ; first, on account of thebirth of a daughter to the Governor ; secondly, as the anniversaryof Tewfik Pashas accession to the throne. Europeans were invitedto both of the solemnities, and were treated with distinctio
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