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after a dismal day, I determined — having been at- 
tempting this route since the 26th ult. — not to stay a 
moment longer, but to make search for Speke, whom 
we had heard nothing of for thirty days, and to try 
the route to Unyoro via Karague. 
19 th. — Marched eis;ht miles south, crossing a bog 
five hundred yards wide, and knee-deep, and camping 
on the second crest of land beyond it. No sooner 
settled down than Bombay and three Seedees arrive 
with a note from Speke, who had that morning reached 
the ground we passed ! I at once walked joyfully 
over to his camp. He had gone out shooting. His 
servants were got up like M'tessa's pages — heads all 
shaved, except cockade-like tufts left to grow above 
each ear, giving them a knowing look. In the absence 
of their master they gave me a cordial greeting. I 
waited in the camp till Speke arrived, and I need not 
attempt to describe our joy at meeting once more. 
III. Our Camps united. 
Each of us had met with a reverse. But Speke had 
accomplished his object, and seen the first cataract of 
the Nile at the point where it flows from the Victoria 
Nyanza. He had been attended by only a dozen 
Seedees under Bombay, himself a host, and a few 
Waganda. Our further plans could not now be de- 
cided upon without a conference with Budja. It was 
proposed, if everything else failed, to induce M'tessa, 
by enormous bribes, to give a thousand men, and with 
this force try the Kilimanjaro route to the east coast. 
20th. — Eeturn to my yesterday's ground along with 
Speke. Having discussed whether we could again 
send messengers into Unyoro, the plan was considered 
