A MEETING ON THE NILE. 
Ill 
suffer our minds to dwell upon the probability of this being a long 
and wearying voyage. Halima and Achmed bad a great fight: he 
had assisted himself to some of her sewing cotton^ a liberty which 
she indignantly resented ; the passionate girl nearly succeeded in 
throwing him overboard. 
Sunday, 27/4.— Towing. Some of our men visited a village of the 
Nouaers called Lak^ to endeavour to barter with them for a bullock, 
but they would not. 
April 28/4. — A breeze in the morning ; at noon towing. Passed 
another Nouaer village called Ityong : the natives shy, but conversed 
with the dragoman. They had large herds of cattle, but would 
not sell even a single head. They said that last year three of their 
chiefs had been murdered when visiting the boat of a trader. 
The sun was setting when a boat fi’om Gondokoro approached : 
her reis came on board. These river greetings are so pleasant. He 
gave good news of our people, all of whom were well and on the 
best terms with the negroes. The men from Petherick^s station at 
the Neambara had brought down ivory to Gondokoro, had placed 
it in our boats, awaiting Captains Speke and Grant, and then re- 
turned. 
Tuesday, boat coming down stream. The reis hailed 
ours to stop, and Carlo went on board of her. She was a boat 
belonging to the Eoman Catholic missionaries from the station, 
Santa Croce", farther up the river. An invalid monk was on board, 
on his way to Khartoum : three of his companions had died since 
they left that place last December. We soon went on, again tow- 
ing. Heavy storms during the day. Most of our men have bad 
