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whose traces are still to be seen in the Ume-trees, now in 

 full bearing, which grow on the sites where their houses 

 once stood. There are also large numbers of elephant tusks, 

 rotten with age, to be found in the bush, which the Dervishes 

 left behind in their hurried evacuation of the country. 



The people about Wandi are of various tribes and much 

 split up, having no big chiefs. They are the Mondo, Avokia 

 and Fudjulu, who have all suffered much from the inroads 

 of the cruel Azandi Sultan, Yambio, who met his death 

 at the hands of the British not many years ago. 



The first Dervish chief to invade this country was Otrusi, 

 or Kutria as he was better known. He appears to have 

 taken strong possession, for a great number of the natives 

 bear his slave-marks on their faces. 



After him came another Dervish named Bagobi, who 

 made war on Otrusi, driving him eventually towards the 

 Bahr-el-Ghazel. Bagobi appears to have stayed in the 

 country for some time before he was called away by the Mahdi, 

 who set his heutenant, Selimanaka, to rule in his stead. 



We stayed at Wandi several days, during which time 

 Jose, with the help of a native blacksmith, very cleverly 

 made a new rudder for the boat. 



The species of tsetse-fly {Glossina papalis), which is the 

 host for the germ of sleeping sickness, was very much in 

 evidence here, and I saw two cases of the disease. 



At Wandi the Yei is swelled by the waters of the Tori 

 river which is some thirty yards wide at its mouth. 



Before leaving, we bought as much " geri " as we could 

 with our dried hippo meat. I also organised a party of 

 thirteen men to follow us by the bank and carry the loads 



