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or kingj was at a village near, and if we would wait until the morn- 
ing, he perhaps might come down. They complained bitterly of 
the wrongs inflicted upon them — that they were robbed of their 
women, children, and cattle, and that they were hunted from 
settlement to settlement. Petherick said that he would do his 
utmost to prevent such outrages, and then the visit terminated. 
In the evening we went to the doctors^ boat, and found them 
comfortably settled and well content were it not for the mosquitoes. 
Their reis presented me with a goat, as it was the first time I had 
visited his boat. This is called diafa — the stranger^ s^due.^^ 
April \2th . — A large body of Shillooks came to the bank, and 
seated themselves as before ; but as the meek was not with them, 
and as a fair breeze sprang up, the boat sailed at once. 
The river was of great breadth, and the boats were running 
almost abreast. The drums were beaten and every one seemed 
happy ; but very soon the mainyard gave way. Still the Lady 
of the Nile^^ held on with a small storm-sail improvised by 
Petherick in lieu of the large lateen. At one p.m. sailed past 
the mouth of the river Giraffe to the east. Soon the White Nile 
took a great bend to the west. The wind, failed. Towed until 
sunset. The river was now narrow and very deep. The men held 
a bivouac on shore, which they partially cleared of the long damp 
grass; they then made large fires to keep away the mosquitoes, 
and supped grandly off some wild fowl which Petherick had shot. 
Sunday, IZth . — Three of the boats got off at an early hour, 
the ^^Lady of the Nile^^ remaining for repairs to the yard. 
The secretary WaM Jusuf came with a written prayer, com- 
piled from the Koran, which he begged might be nailed to the 
