OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC. 
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them. That is all we need say about business. We are 
exceedingly sorry to hear that you have arrived in such 
piteous condition, but we send our warmest congratula- 
tions to you, and hope that you will soon arrive in Borna 
(this place is called Boma by us, though on the map it is 
Em-bomma). Again hoping that you will soon arrive, 
and that you are not suffering in health, 
“ Believe us to remain, 
“ Your sincere friends, 
“ Hatton & Cookson. 
( Signed ) “ A. da Motta Veiga. 
“ J. W. Harrison.” 
Uledi and Kacheche then delivered their budget. 
Their guides had accompanied them halfway, when they 
became frightened by the menaces of some of the natives 
of Mbinda, and deserted them. The four Wangwana, 
however, undertook the journey alone, and, following a 
road for several hours, they appeared at Bibbi after 
dark. The next day (the 5th), being told by the natives 
that Boma (to which Embomma was now changed) was 
lower down river, and unable to obtain guides, the brave 
fellows resolved upon following the Congo along its 
banks. About an hour after sunset, after a fatiguing 
march over many hills, they reached Boma, and, asking 
a native for the house of the “ Ingreza ” (English), were 
shown to the factory of Messrs. Hatton & Cookson, 
which was superintended by a Portuguese gentleman, 
Mr. A. da Motta Yeiga, and Mr. John W. Harrison, of 
Liverpool. Kacheche, who was a better narrator than 
Uledi, then related that a short white man, wearing 
spectacles, opened the letter, and, after reading awhile, 
asked which was Robert Feruzi, who answered for himself 
in English, and, in answer to many questions, gave a 
summary of our travels and adventures, but not before 
the cooks were set to prepare an abundance of food, 
which they sadly needed, after a fast of over thirty 
hours. 
By this time the procession of carriers from Messrs. 
Hatton & Cookson’s factory had approached, and all eyes 
