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of Kings whithersoever Thou wilt, dispose and turn 
Thou the hearts of the Chiefs of this country, that they 
may love the things which make for them, temporal and 
eternal peace; that the time may he hastened, when 
they may, according to Thy promises, heat their swords 
into plough-shares, and their spears into pruning hooks, 
and nations no longer lift up the sword against nations, 
neither harm men any more ! And Thou, O Lord ! our 
God ! who hast promised to hear the petitions of them 
who ask in Thy Son’s name, we humbly beseech Thee 
mercifully to incline Thine ear to us who have now made 
our prayers and supplications to Thee, and grant that 
those things which we have faithfully asked according to 
Thy will, may effectually be obtained, to the relief of our 
necessity, and to the setting forth of Thy glory, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord ! Amen.” 
August 20. — Having completed all our preparations, 
we got under way at 6 a.m. followed by the ‘ Soudan.’ 
The ‘ Albert’ having commenced the ascent of the river 
on the preceding evening. 
We had intended to begin our “ track survey ” imme- 
diately on starting, but the operations were suspended 
by heavy showers of rain, that even gave us some 
difficulty in ascertaining the entrance of Louis Creek, 
which we consequently approached with too much 
caution; and not having sufficient speed to contend 
against the unexpected strength and eddies of the ebb- 
tide, we fell across the channel, which was not much 
broader than the length of the vessel, from forty to fifty 
