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" Eight yards, eight yards for these! " expressed at once his non- 

 chalance and his determination ; and eight yards we had to pay. 

 All was safely got over in a day. Two of the bark canoes were 

 lashed together with poles across, and one section or one cart at 

 a time laid on top, and thus all was carried across. 



Obstacles which further back would have been regarded as 

 great hindrances Avere now made little of; success seemed assured 

 to all, and the men even began to rehearse their triumphal entry 

 into Ujiji. One more difficult river, the Lusugi, Ave had to cross. 

 We reached its banks, doAvn a rocky descent, late one night in a 

 heavy fall of rain. We waited an hour or two next morning till 

 the river had somcAvhat subsided, and then commenced work. 

 Tavo or three volunteers SAvam across Avith a stout rope, Avhich 

 Avas then hauled tight across the stream. The porters, holding 

 this rope in one hand, slowly but surely made their Avay across. 

 Then the carts and sections Avere attached to a block running on 

 the rope, and so, carefully attended b_v tAvo or three men, Avere 

 floated over in safety. 



Ujiji AA''as noAV only a fcAV marches ahead. The vicAV of the 

 lake was caught at last, a narrow strip of its Avaters gleaming in 

 the sun in the distance, and next morning w^e sloAvly marched 

 into Ujiji in a compact body. The boat was duly launched and 

 has now been for years at Avork on Lake Tanganyika in the 

 cause of ci\dlization and Christianity. 



The completion of this journey, hoAvever, Avas but the coramence- 

 ment of a still larger enterprise in the region reached. Stations 

 Avere established among the tribes on the lake shores ; a larger 

 vessel, AAdth steam poAver, was built and launched on the lake, 

 and a substantial mission Avas established and is still at Avork 

 at a point Avhich is only 400 miles from that point on the Congo 

 river accessible to the steamers of the missions tliere. 



All the Avork I have described Avas done at the expense of the 

 London Missionary Society. 



