From Naples to Entebbe. 
disastrous results upon races undeveloped and unprepared for its 
reception. 
The voyage was most prosperous, with calm sea and fine 
weather which changed only toward the end. Professor Koch 
was among the passengers, and the monotony of the voyage was 
thus pleasantly broken for the Duke and his companions by talk 
about Equatorial Africa, whither Koch was returning to proceed 
with his studies on the sleeping sickness, that ghastly scourge 
which has in a few years nearly depopulated vast districts 
around the great lakes. 
The last days of the journey were clouded by the illness 
of Lieutenant Winspeare. High fever developed and it soon 
became manifest that it would be impossible for him to 
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accompany the expedition across the unhealthy region between 
the coast and the mountains, which is often fatal even to those 
who undertake the journey in a perfect condition of health. 
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