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ACROSS AFRICA. 



[Chap. 



November, 

 1873. 



And the shock so stunned me, in my 'enfeebled condition, 

 that for some few days I appear to have existed ahnost in a 

 dream, remembering scarcely any thing of the march to Ko- 

 nongo, and leaving my journal a blank. Perhaps it may not 

 readily be understood how it arose, after having parted with 

 Dillon and Murphy for several days, and, while moving toward 

 opposite coasts, that our parties should at this time still have 

 been near each other. I have therefore given the accompany- 

 ing sketch of the routes followed. 



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PLAN OF DK. DILLON 8 KOUTE. 



The absence of pagazi continued to cause delay, and 1 had 

 finally to abandon the idea of marching to Ujiji by the direct 

 road, finding that not a soul would follow me if I persisted in 

 the attempt. I accordingly decided to go round by Ugunda, 

 and try for a route between the recognized one and that taken 

 by Stanley. 



All the remaining preserved provisions excepting a tin of 

 soup, one of fish, and two plum-puddings — which I kept for a 

 possible Christmas — were now thrown away to further lighten 

 the loads ; for, improvident as this almost seemed, and reluctant 

 as I was to leave behind that which might hereafter prove of 

 such vital importance to us, it was evident that our only hope 

 of reaching port in safety lay in lightening the ship as much as 

 possible. There were also some large villages close by, so that 

 starvation did not stare us in the face. 



On the 27th of November I mustered a hundred pagazi for 



