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TEAVELS m CENTEAL AFEICA. 
see Ms letter^ addressed to me from Karagwe^ March 28th^ 1862^ 
in Proceedings/^ VoL VII., No. 5, as follows: 
“AIt dear Petheeick, 
“ I wrote a letter from Karagwe to send it by my Balyiiz 
Baraka, through IJnyoro, to ask you how you were. Now I am 
a great deal nearer you, and send another Balyiiz Mahruk, to- 
gether with some men from M’tessa. This is to invite you up 
to Uganda, for the King is very anxious to see you. I dare say 
this may somewhat interfere with your trade, and so create some 
pecuniary loss; hut depend upon it, whatever that loss may 
amount to, I will ask the Government to defray it, for it is of 
the utmost importance that the country should open to trade, 
&c., and no opportunity could be better than the present. Ton 
will have to drop your dignity for the present, and to look upon 
me as your superior officer ; for on asking M’tessa what presents 
I should write for, he said, ‘ Don’t say anything about it, lest 
he should think that I, Ai’tessa, coveted his property more than 
himself.’ So to quiet him, I said he did not understand the 
matter — that I ordered you to come up the Nile to look for me 
and bring me away, and that three vessels were mine as well as 
their contents, and you could not disobey my orders. I do not 
know what things you have ; but bring a lot of pretty things, 
such as cheap jewellery, toys, pretty cloths, glass and china 
ware ; one or two dogs of any sort, for the King’s emblem is a 
dog ; and any quantity of powder and lead, for he shoots cows 
every day. Alabruk can best select these things. Don’t bring 
uniform, for I have none, but bring a lot of common red cloth 
and fez caps for my men to wear as a guard of honour. I have 
- lots of muskets, and have given several guns and rifles to M’tessa ; 
so bring no spare guns here, though your men may be armed up 
to the teeth. I have lots of beads for the way back to the boats. 
