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greatly to his joy, found one of our canoes with three 

 days' food. I joined them in half an hour. The village 

 proved to be Benayo, inhabited by Pokomo. My canoes 

 were safe, one day's march farther up the river. This 

 was good news ; for I had feared that without a Euro- 

 pean there might be danger for them among the Galla, 

 as they were insufficiently manned. 



After our days of toil and worry in the bush, we 

 hailed with delight the prospect of a little rest ; so we 

 remained here one day. During the night it rained 

 continuously, and we congratulated ourselves on the 

 good fortune which prevented the fall of these rains 

 while we were in the bush. 



The following day we broke camp at 6 a.m., took two 

 Galla guides, and marched steadily for seven hours, 

 when we reached Tulu Kuleso, where we found our 

 canoes safely moored. The sight of our canoes all safe 

 and sound, and the hearty greetings of our men in them, 

 rendered our meeting a pure delight ; for the separation 

 of the caravan from the river column for such a long 

 period had been a point of great weakness in the expe- 

 dition, freighted as the canoes were with twenty-five 

 days' food and many valuable loads. It appears that 

 when the Galla first saw our boats, they threatened 

 violence ; but the eloquence of Sadi soon persuaded 

 them of our peaceable intentions. 



After our arrival at Tule, we received word from the 

 Galla chief that he would come to our camp on the 

 morrow, and pay his respects. Accordingly, early on 

 the following morning, we were not surprised to see 

 two tall, good-looking natives appear, who announced 

 through Sadi, our interpreter, that their father, the chief, 



