began to experience aguish fits. On the 22nd
he had enjoyed a hippopotamus hunt on the
shore between K a g eh y i and Lutari, and on the
morning o f the 23rd had bathed in the lake
and eaten a hearty early breakfast. A t 9 A.M.,
however, he complained o f feeling ill, and lay
down. Almost immediately a cold fit seized
him, and his blood seemed to stagnate in its
veins. Frank and Barker’s servants employed
their utmost art to increase the warmth o f his
body . T h e y administered brandy and hot tea,
put. heated, stones to his feet, and piled blanket
after blanket upon him, but the congealed blood
would not run, and at 11 - A.M. the p o o r’ young
man was dead.
“ A t 3 p.m. we buried him,” said Frank, “ close
tp the Nyanza. Poor fellow! many and, many
a time he said, during the last few d ay s, ‘ I
wish the master would come back. I should
then feel as if there were some chance o f life
'for me, but I shall die stagnating and rotting
here if he does not come.’ I think, Sir, he
would have pulled through had yo u been here.”
I' missed yo un g Barker v e ry much: He had
begun to endear himself to me b y his bright
intelligence and'valuable o services. When ill, my
least wish was immediately gratified: he understood
the least motion or sign. He was also a
g o od writer , and he kept the accounts o f the
various stores-, cloths, and beads. He was an
admirable companion to Frank, and the two
young meri were good company for me; th ey
had also won the hearts o f thé Wangwana b y
their gentle, amiable conduct. An oath or a
profane word, I seldom heard from either of
them, and when angry, their anger at the
stupidity or insolence o f the people was o f the
passive kirid; th ey never resorted <0 violence
without appealing to me.
But Frank had other bad news to tell. Mabruki
Speke, whom Burton called the bull-headed
the faithful servant o f Burton and S p ek e, S p ek e
and Grant, o f myself on the first expedition, o f
Livingstone on his last journey , and One o f the
most trusted men Of my present following from
Zanzibar to Lake Victoria— was dead. Jabiri
(one o f the stout boat-bearets) was dead, and
so was old A k id a ,- besides three others. A l l
had died o f dysentefy. Msenna, the “ bully o f
Zanzibar,” had broken out once more, after
nearly six months Of good behaviour. I arrived
at K a g eh y i on the 5th May from the exploration
o f the lake: On the 6th he was to have led a
body o f s ix ty men to Urtÿanyembé, if the master
did not return!
Kipifigiri, Chief o f Lutari, and brother o f K a -
duma, chief o f Kagëhyi, had formed a conspiracy
with Kurrereh, chief o f Kyenzi, and the chief
o f Igu sa , to unite their forces to attack and
plunder the camp. But the Whngwana chiefs,
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