396 KAMRASI TRIES TARTAR-EMETIC. [chap, xiv, 
leave lie walked out of the hut attended by his 
people. 
The next morning I heard that he had considered him¬ 
self poisoned by the tartar-emetic, but that he was 
now well. 
From that day I received no supplies for myself or 
people, as the king was affronted. A week passed 
away, and I was obliged to purchase meat and flour 
from Eddrees, the lieutenant who commanded the 
Turks’ party of nine men. I gave this man a double- 
barrelled gun, and he behaved well. 
One day I was lying upon my bed with a fit of 
ague, when it was reported that four men had arrived 
from M’tese, the king of Uganda, who wished to 
see me. 
Unfortunately my vakeel delayed the men for so 
long that they departed, promising to return again, 
having obtained from my people all information con¬ 
cerning me : these were spies from the king of Uganda, 
whose object at that time was unknown to us. 
The weeks passed slowly at Kisoona, as there was a 
tedious monotony in the lack of incident -—every day 
was a repetition of the preceding. My time was passed 
in keeping a regular journal; mapping; and in writing 
' letters to friends in England although there was no 
communication. This task afforded the greatest pleasure, 
as I could thus converse in imagination with those far 
away. The thought frequently occurred to me that 
they might no longer exist, and that the separation of 
years might be the parting for ever; nevertheless there 
was a melancholy satisfaction at thus blankly corre¬ 
sponding with those whom I had loved in former years. 
Thus the time slowly ebbed away; the maps were 
perfected; information that I had received was con¬ 
firmed by the repeated examination of natives, and a 
few little black children who were allowed to run 
about our court-yard like so many puppies, afforded a 
study of the African savage in embryo . This mo¬ 
notony was shortly disturbed. 
