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My readers will recollect that at the outset of this journey I 
was deeply indebted to the presence of mind and courage of my 
wife at this critical juncture ; and^ indeed_, but for her intrepidity 
it could never have been undertaken. Ignored as all our efforts 
have been by the parties most interested,, and for whose sole 
advantage all this toil was endured and persisted in; and also 
that at a subsequent period,, on our return to England^ all recog- 
nition thereof was entirely refused by the President and Council 
of the E/Oyal Geographical Society^ I cannot refrain^ at this stage^ 
from paying a passing tribute to one whose untiring energy,, cou- 
rage^ and devotion most materially assisted me in vanquishing all 
impediments and carrying the object I had in view to a successful 
termination. 
Before stepping on shore at Gondokoro,, we found not only 
Baker,, according to our expectation,, but, to our most agreeable 
surprise, also Captains Speke and Grant, who had arrived five days 
previously, and the former was in possession of our dahabyeh, the 
Kathleen.^-’ There also was the boat sent on by us in July from 
Ahoo Kuka, and awaiting up to this date the advent of Speke or 
myself. Instead, however, of the cordial meeting I had anticipated 
from the ardently sought-for, and now successful, travellers, we 
were met with coolness and a positive refusal to partake of more 
of our stores or assistance than would satisfy their most urgent 
requirements^ and that- elsewhere could not he obtained. 
Without any intimation of his reasons for so doing, Speke 
immediately removed his efiects from the Kathleen,^^ and, in 
reply to my urgent solicitations that he should retain possession of 
her and accept of as many of the other boats as he wished, to 
proceed on his voyage down the Nile, he coolly replied, I do not 
wish to recognize the succour dodge, and friend Baker has offered 
