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of the night. The head - servant was an intelligent 
Seedee, named Uledi. On asking his opinion as to 
copal, which is used as varnish, he said it was not the 
production of an insect, although an insect is always 
seen inside ; but is a formation from the roots of 
decayed trees, called " nango," plentiful in Utumbee. 
The march to the north from the capital of Unyoro 
was effected, as before mentioned, by sending Bombay 
and Mabruk in charge of some northern men, with a 
letter to find out whether Petherick was upon the Nile 
with boats for us. Kamarasi would not hear of our ac- 
companying them : besides which, he said that, when 
we did leave, he meant to keep five men of each of the 
three races we should pass through, as hostages, till he 
heard of our safe arrival ! After many days of sus- 
pense, on the 1st of November, when working at some 
lunars, a gun was fired in the direction of the king's 
house, then another was heard. In the distance a man, 
it was reported, was seen with trousers on. It was 
Bombay ; and his dress was hailed by us as a sub- 
stantial proof that he had come in contact with 
civilisation. For a moment there was a feeling of 
disappointment, as if we had nothing further to do. 
Our expedition seemed over, and we tried to scan or 
predict the far-distant future. What would be our 
next duty ? What our destiny ? 
In gratitude to Kamarasi, we sent him everything 
we could possibly give away, asking whether he had 
any objections to our leaving. He replied that a 
couple of our Zanzibar Seedees, with their guns, must 
be left with him, as he required them to deceive his 
enemies into believing that we were still his guests. 
Many other excuses about the unsafe state of the road 
