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hope at the first shot to do more than disable him, since it was too dark to see anything, and besides we were insufficiently armed, and therefore we turned tail and left him master of the field. Our porters, seeing that the attack was abandoned, now descended from their tree, and once more we resumed our journey, but not till late the next day did we reach Uyui.

Here Hannington became so desperately ill, that we decided it was impossible for him to attempt the journey to the Nyanza in his present state. We could not keep our large caravan waiting indefinitely, and so, after remaining twelve days, in hopes some decided improvement might take place, we were obliged to resume our journey without him. This anxious time at Uyui I shall never forget. Until I left, I took it in turns with Gordon to watch by our sick friend. He was lying in a large, bare room without any door, the only furniture being a camp-bed and a few boxes. He was often delirious with fever, and as night drew on his brain would become full of the busy fancies which fever brings. In that dimly-lighted room the shadow of death seemed to be almost visibly hovering. Without, ever and anon, one could hear the dismal howling of the hyenas which were skulking round the house. Within, the sick man kept on uttering what seemed ever uppermost in his mind, the word " Uganda " constantly recurring. Suddenly he called out, "He has come ! " " Who has come," I said. " Mackay has

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