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IMPRISONED ON THE MARCH. 
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deceived. We were upon a miserable flat, level with the 
river, and in the wet season forming a marsh at the 
junction with the Kafoor river with the Somerset. The 
latter river bounded the flat on the east, very wide and 
sluggish, and much overgrown with papyrus and lotus. 
The river we had just crossed was the Kafoor; it was 
perfectly dead water, and about eighty yards wide, 
including the beds of papyrus on either side. We were 
shown some filthy huts that were to form our camp. 
The spot was swarming with mosquitoes, and we had 
nothing to eat except a few fowls that I had brought 
with me. Kamrasi was on the other side of the river, 
they had cunningly separated us from him, and had 
returned with the canoes. Thus we were prisoners 
upon the swamp. This was our welcome from the 
King of Unyoro ! I now heard that Speke and Grant 
had been lodged in this same spot.” 
“ Feb. 1 Oth :—Ibrahim was extremely nervous, as 
were also my men; they declared that treachery was 
intended, as the boats had been withdrawn, and they 
proposed that we should swim the river and march 
back to our main party, who had been left three hours 
in the rear. I was ill with fever, also my wife, and 
the unwholesome ah* of the marsh aggravated the 
disease. Our luggage had been left at our last station, 
as this was a condition stipulated by Kamrasi: thus we 
had to sleep upon the damp ground of the marsh in 
the filthy hut, as the heavy dew at night necessitated 
shelter. With great difficulty I accompanied Ibrahim 
and a few men to the bank of the river where we had 
landed yesterday, and climbing upon a white ant hill 
to obtain a view over the high reeds I scanned the 
village with a telescope. The scene was rather exciting; 
crowds of people were rushing about in all directions 
and gathering from all quarters towards the river : the 
slope from the river to the town Mrooli was black with 
natives, and I saw about a dozen large canoes preparing 
to transport them to our side. I returned from my 
elevated observatory to Ibrahim, who on the low ground 
