APPENDIX A. 
87 
On May 18tli followings T received from Mr. Francis Galtoiis the 
Foreign Secretary of the Royal Greographical Society, a letter -to 
this effect : 
“ Mt nEAR Sir, 
“ Speke has written for ‘ instructions ; ’ I am drawing 
them up, and we have an Expedition Committee on Wednesday 
to finish them off. I want to append to the paper a short letter 
from you, saying what he ought to do if he arrives at Gondokoro, 
and giving the times when the wind would be favourable to him 
for going down the Nile, and any local facts that in the absence 
of all assistance he might find of use. Would you please word 
it so that I can have time to read it before the Expedition Com- 
mittee meets (on Saturday at three p.m.) ? 
“ What about the Consulate Supposing you succeed in 
getting it, what would your White Nile arrangements be, so far 
as they would affect Speke ? 
“ Very truly yours, 
‘‘(Signed) FRANCIS GALTON. 
“ J. Petherick, Esq.” 
The following is a copy of my reply : 
“ May \m, 1860. 
“ Dear Sir, 
“ In reply to your favour of the 15th inst., which I did 
not receive until last evening, I beg to state, that, unless arrange- 
ments are made with me to provide Captain Speke and his party 
on their arrival at Gondokoro with provisions and the means of 
transport, consisting of not less than two boats, he ought to 
* This was with reference to the Abyssinian Consulate, vacant by the decease 
of Consul Plowden, and applied for in conjunction with the one I held, the Con- 
sulate for the Soudan. 
