49o LETTERS TO DR. SCHWEINFURTH. 



missionaries in Uganda — if only one reaches them it will suffice. 

 Each of these packets contains two identical letters in English 

 and French, in which I request that the Consuls-General in 

 Zanzibar, and through their mediation the Egyptian Govern- 

 ment, may be informed of our situation, that messengers may 

 be sent to us from Uganda, and that they may bring a few old 

 newspapers to inform us what has taken place in the Sudan 

 and Egypt since 1883. 



On the 3 1st of October the steamer came from Dufile. The 

 communications with Lado and Gondokoro are still uninter- 

 rupted, and all the Dragomans have fled from Rejaf. The cause 

 of the Bari movement is now clear to me. As long as I was 

 present and prevented any interference with their affairs, and 

 particularly any attacks on their herds, they remained compara- 

 tively quiet, although the}?" were excited by the occurrences 

 among the Dinka at Rumbek, and afterwards by the war 

 against the Danagla, who, by sending emissaries with all kinds 

 of pretexts, tried to incite the Bari to revolt. The complete 

 defeat of the soldiers sent to Bor, and the desire which then 

 arose to imitate the Dinka by seizing arms and ammunition, 

 but, above all, the proceedings of the commanders of the stations 

 at Lado, Rejaf, and especially Gondokoro, who, in spite of all 

 warnings, made requisitions of cattle under all sorts of pretences 

 — such are the causes which will lead to the loss of the whole 

 Bari district ; for, should we be able to crush the movement 

 by sheer force, the gain would not compensate for the expendi- 

 ture of ammunition, which is now so indispensable, or for the 

 irreparable loss of men. Owing to the scarcity of corn in the 

 Bari district, and the impossibility of sending it from the south, 

 the stations would fall from starvation, and I am therefore 

 inclined to make arrangements for the evacuation of Lado and 

 Gondokoro, to collect the men together in Rejaf, and gradually 

 retire on Dufile. If we collect together, it is perhaps possible, 

 with good management and the ammunition we have in hand, 

 to maintain our position for another year, which may be long 

 enough to send letters and men to Egypt and receive an 

 answer. But will Messieurs les Officiers obey orders ? 



On November 1, I sent Kabrega's men in a steamboat to 

 Kibiro, on the lake, with some presents and the above-mentioned 



