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spoilt. The drought, however, is at an end ; I and the rain 

 seem to have arrived together, for it pours in a continuous 

 torrent. It is almost impossible to see a bit of blue sky for 

 half an hour together. During my absence some trouble 

 had also taken place in my district. I was away, and the 

 cattle were tempting, so the people made a few razzias, which, 

 remarkably enough, their instigators had paid for with their 

 lives, for the Negroes have at last learnt not to be ill-used 

 for nothing. I hope that my people will remember this in the 

 future. In all other respects everything is quiet, and the news 

 I have received from the south, from the Albert Lake, from the 

 east, from Latiika and Fadibek, from the west and south-west, 

 from Makraka and Monbuttu, all tells of the greatest tran- 

 quillity. Ivabrega, king of Unyoro, has again sent me an 

 invitation to visit him ; unfortunately, I am at the present 

 moment unable to accede to his request, as other and more 

 important affairs await my attention, and therefore I have no 

 time for paying such visits. 



6. Three Letters to Dr. G-. Schweinfurth. 



I. 



A JOURNEY IN MONBUTTU — THE MONDU AND BABUKUR— DISTRIBUTION OF 

 THE OIL-PALM — A COMPARISON OF THE FLORA OF UGANDA AND MON- 

 BUTTU — MEETING WITH ZANDE CHIEFS — MUNZA'S GENEALOGY — RUM- 

 BEK CAPTURED BY THE DINKA — THE DONGU — FIRST SIGNS OF THE 

 REBELLION IN THE SUDAN — THE ORIGIN OF THE MONBUTTU — LETTERS 

 FROM JUNKER AND LUPTON — COMMUNICATION WITH THE NORTH DE- 

 STROYED — MONBUTTU MEDICINES — ARRIVAL OF JUNKER — BAHR-EL- 

 GHAZAL TAKEN BY THE REBELS. 



Bellima, Monbuttu, June 21, 1883. 



Where could I better begin this letter to you than amongst 

 the people whose name you first gave to the world, and at the 

 edge of one of those wonderful " gallery " woods that you so 

 accurately described ? It seems almost like a dream to find 



