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TEAVELS IN CENTEAL AFEICA. 
above and below the point of junction,, was found to be three thou- 
sand and forty-two cubic feet per second. 
The lunar observations were particularly trying^ as^ despite the 
attempts of our servants to ward them olF^ myriads of mosquitoes 
persistently attacked our faces and hands. 
At noon the nugger entered the Bahar il Gazal^ and in an hour the 
Kathleen followed. It was Petherick^s intention to proceed to 
Port Bek,, near the island of Kyt,, where he hoped to meet his men 
from our station amongst the Djour^ and he also trusted to be of 
some service to the adventurous Dutch ladies who were travelling 
in those parts. 
May Zrcl . — To give an account of our slow proceedings for days 
in this positive ditch I abstain ; the dearth of provisions^, want of 
firewood^ the discontent of the men, all combined to render the 
procession a melancholy one. An extract from the daily journal 
will suffice. 
This day,, three p.m., May ?)rd . — The smallest possible passage^ 
through which the boat is dragged ; some of the men using freely 
the knife and hatchet to cut away the ambage^, sweeping the decks, 
whilst others are overboard at the side of the dahabyeh, pushing 
her on ; in the meanwhile from the decks no water can be seen, but 
apparently a vast meadow of rank high grass. Timing the tedious 
progress, we find one hundred yards is made in an hour and a half ; 
this is the average. 
May Mh , — Still slowly dragging along, the port of the Bek was 
plainly visible. The reis of our nugger came overland to the 
Kathleen.'’"’ He had anchored at the port, but advised onr not 
doing the same, as the port was at present crowded by boats of 
