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I cannot bear to dwell upon this sad episode^ or the melancholy 
search^ long continued for the poor body. 
This day has been wet and cold^ and we all feel very miserable. 
Came up with the first two boats^ and found that Signor Carlo had 
been on board one of them (not his own boat) ; when searehing 
for a box^ the wind had risen and they sailed with him. He came 
to the Lady of the Nile ’’ in a very wretehed plight. He had 
been some days on board without a ehange of linen^ and no bedding. 
The Hoctor^s boat was far behind^ in which he had sailed from 
Khartoum. 
April 22nd . — A breeze at dawii^ lasting only an hour, and towing 
was then resumed. A long straggling village of the Nouaers was 
just visible on the east shore. At noon a terrific storm burst, 
obliging us to make fast to the reeds for three hours, when it 
abated. The wind then blew from the north, and good way was 
made until sunset, when it failed. Birds are now rarely seen, and 
fears are entertained that the preserved provisions must be broken 
into. 
April 23rd . — Showers all day; the sun not onee visible. An 
inventory was taken of poor Fakirs possessions. At Gondokoro 
they are to be sold for the benefit of his young son and widow, 
and Petheriek made a provision for them in the shape of a monthly 
allowance, to be paid by his agent at Khartoum. 
April 2Uh . — A wet day; heavy thunder-storms. The cold is 
intense. 
April 2^th . — Enabled to land before breakfast. The bank was 
covered with a variety of trees, lovely creeping plants ; and in the 
