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EMIN PASHA'S LETTEES 

 AND JOURNALS. 



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FIRST JOURNEYS IN THE MADI COUNTRY, IN 

 UNYORO, AND IN UGANDA. 



i. Feom Lado up the Xile to Defile. 

 (Letter to Dr. A. Petermann, from Dufile, July 16, 1877.) 



EEDEX — KIRI — DEFORMITIES OF THE BAM WOMEN — WILD ELEPHANTS — 



LABORE — KHOR-ET-TIX. 



As you will see from the heading of my letter, I, the ceaseless 

 wanderer, am once again in Dufile, and I am making use of 

 the leisure time afforded me to send you a few lines of greet- 

 ing from this distant land. After having heard from Makraka 

 the sad news of the death of Herr Kopp, Dr. Junker's fellow- 

 traveller, I left Lado, and was towed by the steamer to 

 Gondokoro, where I remained with my dahabiye for the night. 

 The next morning I continued my journey, negroes towing my 

 boat up-stream. My arrival at Rejaf was delayed until evening, 

 for the east bank of the river presented many hindrances to 

 my people, on account of the projecting tawfs (floating grass 

 islands)- and the abundant bushes and trees; and as the river 

 was unusually low — for this year we have a Kharif (rainy 

 season) without rain — my dahabiye was obliged to tack con- 

 tinually to prevent running aground. My measurements 



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