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do, I replied that it was my design, after having 
made the tour of the lake, to try to penetrate into 
the regions south of Bagirmi. He immediately ex- 
pressed his doubts as to the possibility of going round 
the lake as far as the Bahar el Ghazal, but promised to 
further my plans as far as possible, although he 
thought that I had done enough already, and should 
rather think of returning home safely with the results 
of my labours; for seeing me so weak during the 
first rainy season which I was spending in these 
regions, he was afraid that something might happen 
to me. 
Well satisfied with this audience, I returned to my 
quarters and wrote a short report to H. M.'s govern- 
ment, of the results of my journey, informing them 
that my most deeply-cherished hopes with regard to 
that river in the south had been surpassed, and re- 
questing them to send an expedition in order to verify 
its identity with the so-called Chadda. This report, 
which was sent off by a courier a day or two before 
Mr. Overweg's return from his navigation of the 
lake, and which was overtaken by a messenger with 
a short account of his survey, created general satis- 
faction in Europe, and procured for me the confidence 
of H. M.'s government. Meanwhile I endeavoured to 
arrange the pecuniary affairs of the mission as well as 
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