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“ I have no beads nor anything for exchanging up the White 
Nile, as I depend upon you for all assistance in these matters. 
I should have been deceived in both price and quality, having no 
local experience of the tastes of the ebony ladies of the White 
Nile. I go to Korosko by boat, then across desert to Abu 
Hamed, and on to Berber, and then take boat again. I shall be 
delighted when I have the pleasure of meeting you. 
“ Very sincerely yours, 
“ (Signed) SAMUEL BAKER.” 
The preliminaries for my departure to aid and assist the Speke 
Expedition having been eompleted by the receipt on my part of 
J01,OOO, subscribed for this purpose, as before stated, I and my 
party left Liverpool on April 17th, and arrived at Alexandria on 
May 2nd, 1861. 
Owing to the unaccountable non-arrival of our ammunition, 
which had left London by sailing vesssel three months prior to our 
departure, we were detained at Cairo until its arrival on June 30th. 
During our stay at Cairo I purchased a quantity of glass beads, 
and a variety of articles adapted for presents and barter, and super- 
intended the fitting up and rigging of a new boat, the Kathleen, 
for the expedition. Another unforseen detention of upwards of a 
month, from August 1st to September 7th, took place at Korosko, 
consequent on a deficiency of camels for transport across the desert 
of Aboo Hamed to Berber. This arose out of the extraordinary 
demand for cattle by the Egyptian Government to facilitate the 
transit of troops to the Soudan. From this place, on August 9th, 
I reported progress to the Boyal Geographical Society, and related 
the circumstance of my having met at Luxor M. de Jean, who 
was thus far on his return to France from Gondokoro. The means 
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