10 PREPARATIONS IX ZANZIBAR AND ON THE COAST 



Ivnorr, then in command of some vessels lying off Zanzibar, who 

 was much interested in our plans, and helped us greatly by 

 letting some of the men under his command aid our prepa- 

 rations. The evening found us as guests at the house of some 

 friendly accjuaintance, or on board one of the vessels in the 

 harbour sharing a merry meal with the officers, or perhaps 

 on the roof of our own house discussing with Issa ben Madi 

 every detail of our arrangements over and over again till the 

 call to evening prayer compelled him to leave us, when Count 

 Teleki often seized his sextant and began taking observations 

 of the moon or the stars ; so that it was generally long after 

 midnight before we went to rest. 



During this period of our residence in Zanzibar two great 

 events took place which were of special interest to us, and the 

 echo of which resounded throughout the world. Dr. William 

 Junker, long supposed to be dead, arrived in Zanzibar, after 

 many years' wandering in Central Africa, anxious to secure 

 help for his friend and comrade in misfortune, Emin Pasha. 

 Dr. Junker's healthy appearance and high spirits proved that, 

 in spite of all the privations he had undergone, his seven years' 

 residence in tropical Africa had done him no harm at all. And 

 very soon afterwards Dr. 0. Lenz also appeared at Zanzibar, 

 having made his wa}^ in eighteen months from the mouth of 

 the Congo to that of the Zambesi. He too was in first-rate 

 condition, and Ave felt that the safe arrival of these two ex- 

 plorers was a very happy augury for us, who stood but on the 

 threshold of the dark continent they knew so well. 



The next mail steamer brought a number of men from 

 Somali-land, whose services Count Teleki had engaged by the 

 advice of Sir Pdchard Burton. That experienced traveller had 

 most strongly urged on the Count the necessity of having with 

 him a small but strong personal escort of men from a distance, 

 belonging to other tribes than those of the districts to be 



