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were enclosed for yon. I hope lie has sent it on. Should you 

 find time amidst your numerous occupations and engagements 

 to send me a few words, I shall really be deeply grateful to 

 you. I shall, of course, send these lines on the first oppor- 

 tunity to Uganda, but will they ever reach you ? The letter 

 from Egypt is dated May 27. and Sir John Kirk's. July iS. 

 1S85. 



Added to my misgivings about my own men. who may place 

 all kinds of difficulties in my way (not from ill-will, but from 

 unfathomable and unconquerable stupidity). I have a forebod- 

 ing that one of these fine days the Danagla will suddenly come 

 down upon us in steamers, or that perhaps the statement of a 

 girl in Lado. quoted above, may be true, namely, that soldiers 

 and Danagla have reached Ayak. It is certain that the latter 

 will not leave us in peace, and equally certain that they will 

 occupy these districts again as soon as possible. They have 

 men and weapons enough now, and the resistance of the 

 Negroes will soon be broken down if a thousand or two of 

 such scoundrels appear well armed. Of course it would be 

 best to expedite our retreat, but how am I to set about it ? 

 Even Junker advises me not to be in a hurry. 



Wadelai. April 5. 1SS6. 



The war in Unyoro has turned out to be more serious than 

 we expected, and so Kabrega has put before Dr. Junker the 

 alternatives of retiring with him. or starting off for Uganda. 

 where indeed he wanted to go. He chose the journey to 

 Uganda, and left Kabrega on February 2. taking a route 

 more to the south than the ordinary one, in order to avoid the 

 TVaganda army. ATv agent has retired to the lake, where he 

 is waiting till the final retreat of the Waganda permits him to 

 join Kabrega again. The latter is said to have been hard 

 pressed by the Waganda, but has suffered no harm at present. 

 I have, however, received no direct information from him for 

 some time, and no reliance can be placed on the very contra- 

 dictory reports spread about by the Xegroes. In my opinion. 

 it would be a good thine for us all if the arrogant Waganda 

 were thoroughly humbled for once. Mwanga seems to rival 

 in capriciousness his father, Mtesa. 



