APPENDIX A. 
103 
At the time^ owing to every boat available for the purpose having 
been engaged by the traders^ and the inundation of the arsenal 
rendering it for a month or two impossible to repair and render 
ship-shape several disabled boats^ I availed myself of a third boat, 
destined for my trade on the Bahar il Gazal, and ordered the person 
in charge of it to proceed thither. I instructed him to withdraw 
from my establishment at the Djour, forty-three men, and to 
convey them to Gondokoro, to support Abd il Majid and enable 
him to carry out my instructions with regard to his proceedings in 
the interior. 
Surely this is a sufficient contradiction to the wicked insinuations 
made against me, when I could not defend myself, that I had made 
my expedition subservient to my trade. Unfortunately for my 
interest, the contrarj^, to a greater extent than I can well describe, 
was the fact, of which, in its proper place, further information will 
be given. 
The reasons for Abd il Majid seeking for Speke via my station, 
are as follows : 
(1.) It was agreed between Captain Speke and myself that I 
should meet him on the west side of the Nile. 
(2.) Abd il Majid had not a sufficiently powerful escort to attempt 
to force a passage through the tribes directly south of Gondokoro ; 
but the same difficulty did not exist, I presumed, south of my station, 
where he was better known. 
(3.) At the same time that he placed well-stored and provisioned 
boats for the relief of Captain Speke at Gondokoro, he could supply 
my trading station with every requisite, and I could divide the 
expenses of his expedition — one-half to the Speke Expedition, and 
the other half to my trade. 
The responsibility of my promise made at Jordans^'’ to Speke 
