, 1873-10-29
AFRICA.

efH. Tlo whole country WAS thus reducod to
state Of anarchy. But having been invited by
the Government, they had combined and droppod
intestine qunrrela.. Whom tho expedition tirst
renchea Gondokoro there WAS not oven = but for
Lady Dakor, while thore wero fifty-cight vessels
with cargoos requiring storage, and thus tho
troops Ind ut onco TO create station and to
fight. Ita Notifications boing. .complcte. Sir
Samuel Baker, Notwithstanding the detection al
ready narrated. resolved to penetzatc further
south With 2l2 picked men Of the troops atill
ho soon drilled them into good soldiers, They
were courageous, muscular. fellows who mndo
excellent akirmishors. They wore rod ahirts,
white knickerbDokers and .gaiteEa. Every man
carried small Canada hatchet. and, used >
Bword bayones. Baker, hts wife, aud Liout.
Baker hnd to precedo tho troopaa . distance Of
eighty milos to engage carriers for the baggage
Of tile min body. sOf twcnty- -ono horses brought
from Egypt, all had died except four, and ot
htnrtea On tho 18th. Of Janaary of last year;
Fifty mon were sent back With 600 carriers to
bring up tho baggage along: With thu main body,
which ia the mean time had BEEN dercely at
gpeared on Ills gun. Tho nativea, However, had
boon driven of. The whole of the little army
being now got together, md hospital stores md
morchandise to purchase supplies by the way
beng complete, Baker pushed on Bonthward to
Faliko. about leo miles south Of Gondokoro.
"Faliko was found to bo nost Of slave c-hunt.
ing stations about twenty milea apart, and held.
by about a thousand rutiians, all organized after
. ruao military fashion, md armed With mus
dealer in Khartoum, and were commanded by his
son-in-law, Aboo saood. Thia man lad lately
returned from tho most Bouthorly station in tue
Unyoro country, wh1thor 4e bad been to inclte
with every tribe along the route, and had prom,
iaed to initiate' an attack on the Government
troops. Tho stoppago OF the slave t1ade, which
Baker cama to effort, meant Tnin to him ana. to
kors subsequent lossea and difficulties: ware
tho result ct the intriguos at thia daaign-
ing sooundrel. The natives. who. know
Eaker from his previous visit locked to
hunters. hun b. rhoy are Of the fshouili tribe. md the
Pacha describes them Us beiug handsome. in
dustrious. Intelligent, acute people, psact!elng
both agriculture and hunting. When bound On
hunting expeditions tho wives and children ac-
shells on their hea1s to ward off tho hoat. They
have little to speak Of in tho way OF religion,
and. practice polygsmy. Al the tribes ure un-
DOR great chief, by name hot1ama, A. ana every
villages Of mud and straw houses, well built but
Baris, who ara q very cleanly people. Fatiko ID
the paradise of Central Africa, posHessing glo-
try. Baker holds that It ought to become load
ing cotfoe-produoing country. II, is at great
elevation above tho sea. Since Samuel Bakers
previous visit much OF it had been devastated by
tho slaye-hunters. , "a
tFrom Fatiko (mattera having been arranged)
Sir Samuel DAker led his forces aouthwaro, ID
hiassindi, the capital Of Unyoro, 3l8 milos from
the headquarters Of GondoAoro, aud on tue op-
poaito aldo Of tic Victoria Nile There 10 found
reignlug Kabba Rega, the son Of hts ola friend.
Ka1nraai. Kahba Roga is a great scoundfel,-H
it is right to speak Of him IN the present tense,
seeing Tint Baker lott with his lieutenant posi-
tivo prders taht ha should DO shot. Ills palace
waH q largo hut very comfortable; ana waited
with bambooa and reeds. He Ind throne on
which no used to ait in great state; he bad hib
buffoonB md awaTfs and an immense haren1,
being married to laa own sisters, and having e*a
(,la wlyes those Of his late father, with .ha
alleged to be an uHurper. owing to tho faet that
his mother was an obscure 'shepherdoss. instead
q liz bToths5i e. KabSs(Keg asttls%a th.t
pufposos At hlaaaindi all tho peopls wero ready
to accopt tho Egyptian rulo till thS King forbade
them. Sir Samuel l,aker'a Mira was to annex
that country to Egypt and accepting tie King az
tho curse Of the country, tho rlayo ohunters, with
whom hn was unable to coFo. But Kabba Rega
was urged by them to reBest this project, and Ills
auimoslty, resulted In tho attempt to destroy
Subsequent nigh sttsSk. This sttsoE sas S. vory
near thing. In DekeGB words, It was one Of Q
good many noar things. Lady Baker, who had
been 6troiing With her husband, had. fortunate-
y, gono back iptotho hut before the ambuscade
oponod fire, but she ran out into tho midst Of it
with her hushand's riilo and ammunition, just as
man at bis lido fell shot through tho heart, tho
bnllota whiHtling around her plentiful!y. After
desperate hut successful reaatanco, and after
trosoheroua potpntato Of Unyoro, tho rotnrn
march began, first to tho Victoria Nile, to Join
Riouga, whom Sir Samuel Baker determined to
oct up aa 6helkof Unyoro. and thence to Fatiko
Maaslnai ~ a beautiful town. Before It became
necessary to destroy II, lie had IN excellent and
well laid-out station, with o capital gartan, i'll
which, afor si1 woeka's cultivation, had ripened
English vegotablcs, c,,cumberB. tnolons, etc. The
battle Of hfasslptli was on tha Sth Of September.
and on tho 14th tho retreat commenced. The
pathway was but family defined, being oyer-
grown and enyironed with tall grass. Tho little
party had to march, almost, In Indian fle. The
two horaos were ladea with baggage, AZ wero tue
fow donkeye, on which we're. aiso, tho wounded:
Lady Bakor had to tramp the whole neyen days
march (So miles) on foot. They. campca, at
night in casual open apacas, or cut open camp
q choyaux do friBe against native ATTACKS. All
slept In the open air, under and or oil.sklns,
arread Oh tho reeking-wet graHs. II was worry
cold Ut night. but Tres were made. There wna
10 food except nour mixed with water, without
salt ana Wild vegetables, Lady Baker WAS foot
noro, anl almost worn out !; ind oftcn, ut hill;
her husband had to stretch out hts hand bohtnd
him to tow her up. 10 add to tho hardshIpB,
they were, almost constantly. aghtlng, the whole
route heing ono long aulbuscado. Tho road
consisted OF alternate mud and water md tangled
grass.
" Strictly speaking, nays Sir Bsnuol there was
little slave trade ~ tho country; 1t waB noary I'LL
.'arn nlsye1 1Btealng slave.holdlng was almost unt-
away. pla kitlnRpDiug coubiBted Of women mil