Ten years in Equatoria; . consequence of its limited horizon, and also onaccount of the aridity of its soil; corn and vegetables are cultivatedin the vicinity. The compromise, the foundation of which was laid at Ayu station,was definitely settled here. Emin was very desirous of reachingWadelai, and getting out of an atmosphere which, to use his ownwords, was emitting an offensive barracks odour. However painfulthe new position was for him, he accepted it without a removed Achmet Mahmoud, his adjutant, dismissed the Yice-Governor, Osman Latif, and even allowed Major Hawashi to preside
Ten years in Equatoria; . consequence of its limited horizon, and also onaccount of the aridity of its soil; corn and vegetables are cultivatedin the vicinity. The compromise, the foundation of which was laid at Ayu station,was definitely settled here. Emin was very desirous of reachingWadelai, and getting out of an atmosphere which, to use his ownwords, was emitting an offensive barracks odour. However painfulthe new position was for him, he accepted it without a removed Achmet Mahmoud, his adjutant, dismissed the Yice-Governor, Osman Latif, and even allowed Major Hawashi to presideover the audit office. On the evening of June 26, 1885, the steamer Kliedivc arrivedfrom Wadelai with the Governor of that station on board, bringingus the homage of his proffered services, and at the same time newsof a misfortune. Owing to accumulations of herbs, which are usually carried bythe first swell and current of the river to a certain depth below thesurface, and are easily caught by the screw, the ship had to be. o < <o DUFILE. 225 stopped from time to time, in order to remedy the inconvenienceand free the machine from the entwined material. During one ofthese operations, the signal for starting was given before the ladwho was cleaning the screw had finished his task; a shock to thesteamer and a cry signified that the poor youth had been horriblymangled. Having left Dufile on the 28th, I went to Wadelai, where theGovernor arrived on the following 10th of July. Business becamevery active: the station was extended in order to meet the require-ments of the new Government residence, and a trench was dug allround as a defence. Emin made himself comfortable, sought solacein scientific study, encouraged agriculture, and manufactures. Theland was divided into fields, and these were sown with corn, vege-tables, and cotton. The loom went on weaving; the shoemakerstrove hard to complete his work with insujBBcient or impropertools; and the cauldron which was to supply us wi
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