CHAP. IX.] ITS PROBABLE COMMERCIAL ADVANTAGES. 385 
like the other traders of Khartoum; thus, as he was the 
only man that was civil to me, I would do him a good 
turn could I establish an honest trade between Kamrasi 
and himself; at the same time, I should have the ad¬ 
vantage of his party as escort to the desired country. 
The case commercially lies as follows: — 
“ Kamrasi s country, Unyoro, is a virgin land, where 
beads are hardly known, and where the king is the 
despotic ruler, whose word is law. All trade would be 
conducted through him alone, in the shape of presents, 
he giving elephants’ tusks, while, in return, Koorshid 
would send him beads and various articles annually. 
Koorshid would thus be the sole trader with Kamrasi 
according to White Nile rules, and the abominable 
system of cattle robbery would be avoided. 
“ The great difficulty attending trade in a distant 
country is the want of means of transport, one tribe, 
being generally hostile to the adjoining, fears to afford 
porters beyond the frontier. If I can prove that the 
Lake Luta Nzige is one source of the Nile with a 
navigable junction, I can at once do away with the 
great difficulty, and open up a direct trade for Koor¬ 
shid. The Lake is in Kamrasi’s own dominions ; 
thus he will have no fear in supplying porters to 
deliver the ivory at a depot that might be established, 
either on the lake or at its junction with the Nile. A 
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