CHAPTER V; 
LEAVE ELLYRIA. 
Although Ellyria was a ricli and powerful country, 
we had not been able to procure any provisions—the 
natives refused to sell, and their general behaviour 
was such that assured me of their capability of any 
atrocity had they been prompted to attack us by the 
Turks. Fortunately we had a good supply of meal 
that had been prepared for the journey prior to our 
departure from Gondokoro, thus we could not starve. 
I also had a sack of corn for the animals, a necessary 
precaution, as at this season there was not a blade of 
grass ; all in the vicinity of the route having been 
burnt. 
We started on the 30th March, at 7.30 a.m. and 
opened from the valley of Ellyria upon a perfectly flat 
country interspersed with trees. After an hours march 
we halted at a small stream of bad water. We had 
