Petherick, I now felt certain, was on the look-out for us; but his men had reached Kamrasi's, and returned again before Baraka's arrival.

Baraka was not allowed to go on to him and acquaint him of our proximity, and the Waganda were so much disliked in Unyoro, that there seemed no hopes of our ever being able to communicate by letter.

To add to my embarrassments, Grant had not been able to survey the lake from Kitangule, nor had Usoga and the eastern side of the lake been seen.
15th .-- I was still laid up with the cold fit of the 10th, which turned into a low kind of fever.

I sent Bombay to the king to tell him the news, and ask him what he thought of doing next.

He replied that he would push for Gani direct; and sent back a pot of pombe for the sick man.
16th .-- The king to-day inquired after my health, and, strange to say, did not accompany his message with a begging request.
17th .-- My respite, however, was not long.