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interesting to find forms so far to the north which I have 

 hitherto only seen in Monbuttu ; the wooded margins of the 

 brooks especially remind me of that country. 



The comet year is not yet over. I hear from Lado that 

 diluvial rains are continuing day and night without intermission, 

 and in the south it must be still worse, if possible, for the 

 Bahr-el-Jebel has overflowed its banks and flooded Lado, just 

 as in 1879, when the obstructions in the river cut us off from 

 the world for nearly two years. God save us from a repetition 

 of such misery ! 



The old zeriba, Sherifi, now Gok-el-Hassan, has been burnt 

 down, with all its inhabitants, and Hassan himself is slain. The 

 Dinka seem to be in downright earnest this time. All the 

 people from Sabi and Kanna have fled to our territory, and 

 though I am glad of the addition to our strength, it is an 

 unwelcome proof that the conflagration continues to spread. 

 Our frontier districts are also disturbed, but we have at present 

 no further misfortune to complain of. 



A letter from Lupton Bey reached me just in the nick of 

 time, before the way was closed, for all our communications 

 with the Bahr-el-Ghazal are now interrupted, and may remain 

 so for some time. He has sent me a new map of the territory 

 under his command, based upon a large number of observa- 

 tions he has taken to determine the position of certain points, 

 or, at any rate, their latitude. I am sending the original to 

 Dr. Behm for publication, but I will take a copy for you as 

 soon as I have time, and will enclose it in this letter. The 

 names in their English form will no doubt puzzle you as much 

 as myself. I have only been able to recognise a few of them 

 in their new dress, though for years I have been familiar 

 with names of places in this country. The hydrographical 

 data, however, on this map are exceedingly interesting, and in 

 many cases at variance with the views entertained at present. 

 Lupton tells me that he has seen with his own eyes almost all 

 that he has drawn, and I am really glad that he has been 

 working so industriously. With the addition of your labours, 

 and those of Junker and Casati, we might at last attain that 

 great desideratum, a good map of Egypt's Equatorial territory. 

 In Government circles no interest seems to be taken in it, nor 



