CHAP. XIV.] 
DIPLOMATIC ARRANGEMENT. 
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In half an hour from the receipt of my order, the party 
started;—eight well-armed men accompanied by about 
twenty natives of Kamrasi's with two days' provisions. 
Kisoona was about ten miles from the Victoria Nile. 
At about 5 p.m. on the following day my men re¬ 
turned, accompanied by ten men and a choush, or 
sergeant, of Debono’s party;—they had determined to 
prove whether I was actually in the country, as they 
had received a report some months ago that both my 
wife and I were dead;—they imagined that the men 
that I had sent to their camp were those of the rival 
party belonging to Ibrahim, who wished to drive them 
out of Kamrasi's country by using my name. However, 
they were now undeceived, as the first object that 
met their view was the English flag on the high flag¬ 
staff, and they were shortly led into my court-yard, 
where they were introduced to me in person. They 
sat in a half-circle around me. 
Assuming great authority, I asked them how they 
could presume to attack a country under the protection 
of the British flag? I informed them that Unyoro be¬ 
longed to me by right of discovery, and that I had 
given Ibrahim the exclusive right to the produce of 
that country on the condition that he should do nothing 
contrary to the will of the reigning king Kamrasi; — 
that Ibrahim had behaved well; that I had been guided 
to the lake and had returned, and that we were now 
actually fed by the king; and we were suddenly in¬ 
vaded by Turkish subjects in connexion with a hostile 
tribe who thus insulted the English flag. I explained 
to them that I should not only resist any attack that 
might be made upon Kamrasi, but that I should report 
the whole affair to the Turkish authorities upon my 
return to Khartoum; and that should a shot be fired 
or a slave be stolen in Kamrasi's country, the leader 
of their party, Mahommed Wat el Mek, would be 
hanged. 
They replied that they were not aware that I was 
in the country, that they were allies of Fowooka, 
