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this was the sorest march made by the expedition, and so serious 

 were its effects that two of the carriers (and the dog) died, also 

 twelve of the donkeys, and Stanley was brought to the brink of 

 the grave with fever and acute dysentery. 



On May 4th they ascended a gentle slope to a village named 

 Reheuneko, where a halt of four days was made, to rest and 

 recover from the effects of the fever with which all were suffer- 

 ing. It was a delightful place, most fortuitously reached, for 

 another day in the swamps would have, no doubt, destroyed the 

 expedition . 



Farquhar, who had charge of the fourth caravan, had preceded 

 Stanley about two days, but sent back word that all but one of 

 his donkeys had died and his provisions were almost exhausted. 

 Stanley was thus compelled to push on to Lake Ugombo, where 

 he met Farquhar and found a most deplorable state of affairs. 

 Farquhar was in a pitiable condition, barely able to stagger out of 

 his tent. His legs and feet were swollen to frightful proportions 

 from Elephantiasis. But much of this trouble had been brought 

 on by his dissipation. Sluggish, cross and feeble, he had 

 expended nearly all his goods, which should have lasted him to 

 Ujiji, before he had gone over one-third the distance. 



Shaw had also been remiss in all his duties, and was a sore 

 drag upon the expedition. These two Englishmen, who should 

 have been Stanley's mainstay, were worse than the native carriers, 

 and as their worthlessness increased they became insolent. 

 "While camped on Ugombo lake, Shaw insulted Stanley in his 

 own tent, when the latter, feeling that this was the crowning 

 period of the most inexcusable and contemptible insolence, struck 

 him to the ground. The Englishman then demanded his dis- 

 charge papers, which Stanley gave him, with great pleasure. 

 Shaw packed his things and went away, declaring he would 

 return to Zanzibar by the next Arab caravan. He soon changed 

 his mind, however, and came back and humbly apologized for 

 his unreasonable conduct, and begged to be taken again into 

 service. Stanley reinstated him in charge of the third caravan. 

 That night, when all the camp was still in slumber, Shaw stole 



