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able man, was missing, and after a short search in a village near 

 by, the ramrod of his gun was found broken and covered with 

 blood, which indicated that he had been murdered. Two days 

 were spent searching for him, and during this delay the porters 

 which Kamrasi had provided deserted. To make matters still 

 worse, the war drums of Mtesa were heard beating as his army 

 advanced, and it therefore became necessary to abandon the lug- 

 gage and branch off toward Foweera, where a part of Ibrahim's 

 followers were encamped, as it was desirable to form a junction 

 with them. After many tedious delays and incidents the party 

 reached Foweera, where they were astonished to find Richarn. 

 His disappearance was caused by a fight with some villagers, 

 during which he killed the chief, and in order to escape their 

 vengeance he had taken to the tall grass, lost his way, but finally 

 reached his party again almost famished. 



Ibrahim thought proper now to join Kamrasi against the enemy, 

 and so well did he direct his forces that Mtesa was speedily 

 driven out of the country and Kamrasi regained all that he had 

 lost. For this service Ibrahim received an immense quantity of 

 ivory, so that both parties were intensely pleased. In the fight 

 many of Mtesa' s men were captured, all of whom were, led before 

 the king and butchered in his presence without trial. 



While these brutal operations were going on, Baker decided to 

 make an effort to distill whisky from sweet potatoes, believing 

 that the spirit would benefit himself and wife in their weak con- 

 dition. His still was an original one, made of pots and reeds, 

 but it served all purposes, and a really excellent article of spirits 

 was manufactured. Some of the liquor was given to Kamrasi, 

 who promptly drank enough to make an elephant drunk, and 

 when he had recovered from the comatose state into which it 

 threw him, he vowed that every hill in his kingdom should be 

 planted with potatoes and that his subjects should devote them- 

 selves to manufacturing whisky, and one of Ibrahim's Turks 

 was detailed to establish and undertake the direction of "King 

 Kamrasi's Central African Unyoro Potato- Whisky Company, 

 unlimited." 

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