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posed my scanty library, Ave read together again 

 and asrain : he learned from me to sketch the 

 scenery, and he practised writing a diary and ac- 

 counts of adventure, which he used to bring for 

 correction. These reminiscences forcibly suggest 

 to me the Arab couplet — 



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* I taught him archery day by day — 

 When his arm waxed strong, 'twas me he shot.* 



The discovery of the water which he called 

 Victoria Nyanza formed, I have said, the point 

 whence our paths diverged. He was convinced 

 that he had found ' the Kile Source,' and he was 

 determined to work out that problem in the 

 position which he thought himself best fitted to 

 hold, that of leader. Arrived at Zanzibar, he 

 fell into bad hands, and being, like most am- 

 bitious men, very apt to consider himself neg- 

 lected and ill-treated until crowned by success, 

 he was easily made sore upon the point of merits 

 not duly recognized. He showed a nervous 

 hurry to hasten home, although we found upon 

 the Island that our leave had been prolonged by 

 the Bombay Government. Pteaching Aden, we 

 were housed for a few days by my old and tried 

 friend, the late Dr Steinhaeuser, who repeatedly 



