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OUR PARTY. 



had been our first blow; the second was the 

 non-arrival of Dr Steinhaeuser ; and the third 

 was the loss of our excellent friend Lieut. -Col. 

 Hamerton, whose presence at head- quarters 

 would have forwarded our views in various ways. 

 I have preserved copies of letters written to Ban- 

 yans and others, who, after fair promises, com- 

 pletely neglected us. M. Ladislaus Cocliet and 

 Capt. Mansfield did their best ; but as we had 

 not taken counsel with them before departure, 

 their efforts were, of course, limited. And the 

 cholera which, unknown to us, had fallen upon 

 the Island, decimating its population, naturally 

 enough prevented the sufferers from bestowing 

 attention upon a distant enterprise. The neglect, 

 however, told upon our escort, and to manage 

 them would have taxed the wisdom of Solomon 

 and the patience of Job. The monoculous Je- 

 madar, shortly after our return, persuaded Baron 

 von der Decken to appoint him chief of his party 

 when en route from Kilwa to the Nyassa or 

 Southern Lake : as might be expected, that ex- 

 pedition did not reach half way. Concerning 

 the ' Sons of llamji ' I find amongst my papers 

 the following memo. : 



