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ADIEUX. 



We found a general rendezvous at Kaole 

 Urembo, which was attended by Ladha Damha, 

 Chief of the Customs, the ' 'Ifrit ' Ramji, and the 

 ex-Sarhang ' General Tom :' the Messrs Oswald 

 also ran over in their four-gun schooner, the 

 Electric Elash. On June 26, 1857, we bade 

 adieu to Lieut. -Colonel Hamerton, whose dis- 

 tressing alternations of insomnia, debility, and 

 irritability had been apparently increased by the . 

 voyage. He dropped a tear as he said farewell, • 

 and solemnly blessed us, adding that we should 

 meet no more in this world, and that he quitted 

 it without regret. Thus it proved. He struggled 

 against his fate, but he succumbed on July 5, 

 the victim of a chronic liver complaint. Various 

 reports of his death reached us in the interior, 

 but it was not confirmed by letter till eleven 

 months afterwards. 



The work of exploring now began in real 

 earnest. I have, however, no intention of in- 

 flicting upon the reader a rechaufF(5 of our expe- 

 dition, which has been described by me in four 

 volumes,^ and of which notices have been given 



1 Tlie Lake Regions of Central Africa, 2 vols. Svo. Long- 

 mans, 18G0. iMeirioir on the Lake Kegions of Central Equa- 

 torial Africa, Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, 1 vol. 

 No. xxxi. of 18(30. The Nile Basin, 1 vx)l. Tinsleys. London, 

 18G9. 



