The people are not afraid of us here as they were so distressingly elsewhere: we hope to buy food here.
_25th December, 1872, Christmas Day._--I thank the good Lord for the good gift of His Son Christ Jesus our Lord.

Slaughtered an ox, and gave a fundo and a half to each of the party.

This is our great day, so we rest.

It is cold and wet, day and night.

The headman is gracious and generous, which is very pleasant compared with awe, awe, and refusing to sell, or stop to speak, or show the way.
The White Nile carrying forward its large quasi-tidal wave presents a mass of water to the Blue Nile, which acts as a buffer to its rapid flood.