Note 14 — Chapter X

Owing to the events which are recorded in this chapter I was unable to return to Mtesa’s capital within the time specified to M. Linant, but it is evident that my friend waited nearly six weeks for me. He sustained a fierce attack for fourteen hours from several thousand Wanyoro en route to Ismailia, but finally succeeded in making his escape, and reaching Colonel Gordon’s headquarters in safety. On the 26th August, however, being on another mission, he was attacked by the Baris near a place called Labore, and he and his party of thirty-six soldiers were massacred. This sad event occurred four days after I returned on my second visit to the Ripon Falls.