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who have lost them, and employment is found for all boys 

 who leave the home as time-expired inmates at thirteen years 

 of age. 



It was on November 4 that I arrived at Maifoni. Thus 

 all the members of the Expedition were once more together 

 again after a separation of five months. Under happier 

 circumstances thi^ would have been an occasion of great 

 rejoicing, but, alas ! we had obeyed a summons too sad to 

 admit of our showing much joy in the meeting. On my arrival 

 I found that my brother had made a very decided rally, and I 

 think that the joy of having us all about him once more helped 

 a great deal to maintain the improvement. But remembering 

 his robust appearance when I saw him start with the Survey 

 Party from Ibi, I could not fail to be very much shocked by 

 the traces of the pain he had suffered during the long weeks 

 of his illness. I now learned the details from Talbot, whose 

 notes I will give as they will bring the account up to the time 

 of my arrival. 



" On October 3, while working near Dallwa, it came on to 

 rain hard, and for the first time under such circumstances 

 Claud said he thought he would go back and change, and to my 

 concern he did not come out again that day, which showed 

 he must be feehng very unwell. Next morning a letter 

 arrived from two officials on their way from Maifoni to Yola, 

 asking him to go out and meet them on business connected 

 with the Expedition. This he characteristically insisted on 

 doing, though he really was not fit to get on his horse. He 

 would neither let me go for him nor send an answer regretting 

 his inability to meet them. On his return he was looking 

 wretchedly ill and had to go to bed at once, as he could not 



