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AGREEMENT 
Consttl aiA %' llopl ifogTap'lial 
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February 4dh, 1861. 
L Consul Petlierick undertakes, in consideration of the 
receipt of £1,000, towards the expedition up the Nile, 
to place two well-armed boats, during November, 1861, 
at G-ondokoro, with a sufficient stock of grain to ensure 
to Captain Speke and his party the means of subsistence 
upon their arrival at that place. 
II. If Captain Speke shall not arrive in November, 1861, that 
Consul Petherick shall proceed with an armed party south- 
wards towards Lake Nyanza to meet him. 
III. If Captain Speke shall arrive at Gondokoro before June^ 
1862, Consul Petherick promises to assist Captain Speke 
to make any explorations which Captain Speke may deem 
desirable. 
“ IV. It being further understood that in the event of Captain 
Speke not having arrived by that time at Gondokoro, 
Consul Petherick shall not be bound to remain beyond 
1862.” 
