CHAPTER XX 



CAPTURED BY AFRICAN SAVAGES 



WHEN our party arrived at Nimule, my 

 first act was to send some letters to 

 America, and as I approached the 

 post-office I found the following warning posted 

 on the door: 



NIMULE, 16th November, 1909. 

 It is with deep regret that the commissioner 

 of the Nile District has to report the murder 

 of Mr. Buccura, a big-game hunter, by the 

 natives of the Lado Enclave at Katurunga, 

 seven hours' march N. W. of Dufili, on the 8th 

 inst. 



Hunters and sportsmen are warned of the 

 apparent truculence of these particular natives 

 and are cautioned against them. 



(Signed) R. D. ANDERSON, 



Com. Nile District. 



It was only the week before this report 

 reached Nimule that Frank Barrett had started 

 into this very country to hunt ivory and to 

 trade with the natives. 



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