CHAPTER XIV. 
Mount Franklin — Villages — Nearly all the officers of the ‘ Soudan’ 
laid up with sickness — Adda Kuddu in ruins — English doctors 
appreciated by the natives — Kakanda people — Araeh Abokko, the 
Annajah, or Governor, visits the ships — Deaths of some of the 
crews from fever — Insupportable heat and closeness of the atmos- 
phere — Visits from snakes — How accounted for — Drs. Stanger 
and Vogel ascend Mount Patteh — Stirling Hill selected as the best 
locality for the Model Farm — First instalment of purchase money 
paid to the Attah of Eggarah — Model Farm utensils and furniture 
landed — Malam Sabah — Towns on the banks of the Chaddah — 
Mr. W. H, Webb left in charge of the 'Amelia’ tender and Model 
Farm — Fever progressing at an alarming rate in all the vessels — 
Death of Mr. Nightingale — Mortality in the vessels — Weakly 
condition of the crews generally — Captain Trotter decides on 
sending the sick to the sea-side in the ‘ Soudan* — Meeting of the 
Commissioners— The sick received on board the ‘Soudan* — 
Increase of the fever on board the ‘ Wilberforce.’ 
10^^. — At 12.30 we weighed, and proceeded up the 
river. The ‘ Albert/ towing the schooner, and the 
‘ Soudan’ were a-head ; we saw mountains in the dis- 
tance, the native name of Mount Franklin is Apotto, 
