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A negress executed for witchcraft — Our loss of clothing 300 
Our departure from Wayo — A singular present 301 
Uninteresting ride — We encamp in the village of Mari — The chief’s welcome 302 
A touching scene 303 
A token of gratitude — Mountain scenery — Murie delighted .... 304 
Fears for our safety — We meet a party of our friends from Gondokoro — Letters 
from the far-oif home — Our men relate what befell them after leaving us 305 
The fate of the “ Lady of the Nile” — No tidings of Captains Speke and Grant 
— Petherick receives a letter from Mr. Baker 306 
Short march — Children restored to their homes 307 
We cross the river Queeny — Giant cacti 308 
Approach to the valley of the Nile 309 
We encamp at Uoora, the village of our interpreter — Petherick’ protection 
implored 310 
We are nearing Gondokoro — Meet some of our men, from them get tidings of 
Captains Speke and Grant 311 
Anxious to greet the travellers, we push on in haste — We board the “ Kath- 
leen ’’once more — Our meeting with Captains Speke and Grant — How 
much to relate ! — Mr. Baker invites us to dine on board his daliahyeh — 
Great rejoicings of our people to see us once more 312 
My husband finds that he is in ill favour here — Mr. Baker supplants Petherick 
in his, expedition • , 313 
Dr. Murie’s letter to my brother-in-law, Mr. Me Quie, acquainting him with 
Petherick’s position 314 
Dr. Murie requests permission to return to England — Our men have mutinied 
— Disappointed in our expectations, we return to Khartoum . . . 316 
Down the Nile — Friendly natives — Terrific storm 317 
Arrival at Aboo Kuka — We meet old acquaintances 318 
Gaba Shambyl — Our old friend, Shotbyl, the chief, visits us . . . .319 
The habits and customs of the Nouaer 320 
We cast anchor in the Bahar il Gazal 321 
I take observations, width of river, rate of current, &c. — A mournful pro- 
cession 322 
A dangerous pool — We receive a visit from Baron von Heuglin — A surprising 
change 323 
I correct my dead reckoning, made in former years, of the aspect and condition 
of the Bahar il Gazal 324 
The cause of famine in different tropical districts of the Soudan — Rainfall in 
the tropics, its influence on different lakes . 325 
We visit Miss Tinn6 and her mother — A warm welcome — We read the report 
of our death — The lady travellers start for the interior .... 326 
