. In darkest Africa; or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria . We will start to-morrow. We have been in thiscountry since the 18th of January—110 days. If thisforce proposes to follow us, they can easily overtakesuch a column as ours, and if they impress me that theyare really desirous of accompanying us, we will not beaverse to granting them some more time. On the 7th of May I requested Lieutenant Stairs tobury twenty-five cases of ammunition in the ground-floor of his house, in order that if the rebel officersappeared and expressed earnest penitence, and beggedto be
. In darkest Africa; or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria . We will start to-morrow. We have been in thiscountry since the 18th of January—110 days. If thisforce proposes to follow us, they can easily overtakesuch a column as ours, and if they impress me that theyare really desirous of accompanying us, we will not beaverse to granting them some more time. On the 7th of May I requested Lieutenant Stairs tobury twenty-five cases of ammunition in the ground-floor of his house, in order that if the rebel officersappeared and expressed earnest penitence, and beggedto be permitted to stay at Mazambonis, they mighthave means of defence. Mr. Stairs performed this dutythoroughly and secretly. May Sth.—As I was too weak to walk more thanfifty yards, I was placed in a hammock, and was borneto the front to guide the column. We advanced west-ward a few miles ; then, abandoning our old route tothe forest, turned southwards by a well-trodden track,and travelled along the base of the western slope of thegroup of hills known as Undussuma. We were presently. MAZAMBONTS SERVICES TO US. 223 amongst the luxuriant fields, plantain and banana plan- of the village of Bundegunda. The Indian ^^ ^•corn and beans were very flourishing, and these ex- ambiVi,tended far into the fields and hollows of the hills, aperfect marvel of exuberant plenty. It made a greatand favourable impression upon the Egyptians andtheir followers, and we even wondered at the prodigiousfertility of the soil and the happy condition of the dis-trict. One reason for all this extraordinary abundancewas the protection and shelter from the cold windsblowing from the Lake. An hours march beyond the limits of the culti-vation of Bundegunda, through other fields of equalfertility and productiveness, we formed camp, or ratherlocated ourselves, in the village of Bunyambiri, whichMazamboni had caused to be abandoned for our neces-sities. As Mazamboni escorted us with 300 of his own m
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