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TEAVELS IN CENTEAL AFEICA. 
that placGj and the four were there eight months beyond the term 
June, 1862^ after which (see Proceedings/^ Vol. V.^ No. 1) I was 
no longer bound to provide for them. To give the reader an idea 
of the manner in which I had provided for the travellers^ I venture 
to quote from a pamphlet,, by John A. Tinne,, Esq.,, May 12th^ 
1864^ and entitled^ ^^Geographical Notes of Expeditions in Cen- 
tral Africa by Three Dutch Ladies. The ladies say they never 
saw a more disappointed man than Mr. Petherick. He and his 
wife have had dreadful ill luck. He had made the best arrange- 
ments to meet Captain Speke^ and his boats were loaded and dis- 
patched with all sorts of good things for his use. They set off 
too late from Khartoum,, in March, 1862, and the winds being 
then adverse, caused much delay and damage to their boats, and 
they were consequently obliged to abandon them and proceed by 
land from Aboo Kuka. This was the end of August,* 1862 ; and 
it being then the rainy season, that place proved impracticable. 
They were delayed from August to February by rain, by deep 
morasses, by affrays with inhospitable natives, and by illness ; and 
only arrived at Gondokoro in February, 1863, five days after 
Captain Speke, who had previously accepted Mr. Baker^s provisions 
and boat, and refused further aid from Mr. Petherick, so that he 
had to retain all he had sent forward for Captain Speke^s require- 
ments, which was fortunate for us, for we were thus provided with 
wine, pale ale, tea, soap, pearl barley, Lemanns^ biscuits, an 
India-rubber boat — nay, we cannot say what. It is strange to 
find these luxuries here, and we enjoy them greatly. 
That the boats were there Captain Grant himself partially admits, 
by acknowledging ^^a few yards of calico^’ from my stores; and 
* Should be August 1st. 
