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TRAVELS IN CENTRAL AFRICA. 
It is^ I thinks needless to say more upon this subject ; but^ for 
the information of my readers^ I beg to state that my store at 
Gondokoro^ in this instance^ was strictly a depot for the benefit of 
the Speke Expedition ; and that the store annually established was 
not for the sale of articles of any kind^ but simply for the accom- 
modation of my trading stations in the interior . 
Captain Grant’s statement that the agent in charge of the boat 
at Gondokoro gave them no letters is quite correct. In the belief 
that I should arrive before the boat at Gondokoro_, I took care of 
the letters for Speke and Grants and^ on meeting the travellers, 
delivered them personally. 
Baker had arrived at Gondokoro before Speke or myself, and it 
was but natural that Grant should first of all hear through him of 
the subscription of J01,OOO; but Captain Grant might have added 
that on my arrival I placed the Society's Proceedings,^’ con- 
taining a full account of everything relating thereto, in his hands. 
With reference to the date fixed by the Committee for the ter- 
mination of my agreement to keep boats at Gondokoro to relieve 
the Nile Expedition — that Speke did not expect me to withdraw 
my assistance in July, 1862, is evident. In his letter to me from 
Karagwe, March 28th, 1862, and published in the ^^Proceedings” 
of the Society (Vol. VIII., No. 4, page 235), he says : 
I would go across the Masai country at once to Zanzibar ; 
but considering your promise to keep two or three boats two or 
tliree years for me, I sacrifice everything to fulfil the engagement.” 
I likewise sacrificed everything ” to keep engagement ; but 
when Baker appeared upon the scene at Gondokoro, Speke entirely 
ignored his engagement. 
The Committee, also, in lieu of giving me a fair trial, preferred 
to abide by the prejudices they had conceived, and to follow the 
