Mr. Bonny and the Zanzibaris--The Zanzibaris’ complaints--Poison of the Manioc--Conversations with Ferajji and Salim--We tell the rear column of the rich plenty of the Nyanza--We wait for Tippu-Tib at Bungangeta Island--Muster of our second journey to the Albert--Mr. Jameson’s letter from Stanley Falls dated August 12th--The flotilla of canoes starts--The Mariri Rapids--Ugarrowwa and Salim bin Mohammed visit me--Tippu-Tib, Major Barttelot and the carriers--Salim bin Mohammed--My answer to Tippu-Tib--Salim and the Manyuema--The settlement of the Batundu--Small-pox among the Madi carriers and the Manyuema--Two insane women--Two more Zanzibari raiders slain--Breach of promises in the Expedition--The Ababua tribe--Wasp Rapids--Ten of our men killed and eaten by natives--Canoe accident at Manginni--Lakki’s raiding party at Mambanga--Feruzi and the bush antelope--Our cook, Jabu, shot dead by a poisoned arrow--Panga Falls--Further casualties by the natives--Nejambi Rapids--The poisoned arrows--Mabengu Rapids--Child-birth on the road--Our sick list--Native affection--A tornado at Little Rapids--Mr. Bonny discovers the village of Bavikai--Remarks about Malaria--Emin Pasha and mosquito curtain--Encounter with the Bavikai natives--A cloud of moths at Hippo Broads--Death of the boy Soudi--Incident at Avaiyabu--Result of vaccinating the Zanzibaris--Zanzibari stung by wasps--Misfortunes at Amiri Rapids--Our casualities--Collecting food prior to march to Avatiko 1 CHAPTER XXII. ARRIVAL AT FORT BODO. Ugarrowwa’s old station once more--March to Bunda--We cross the Ituri River--Note written by me opposite the mouth of the Lenda River--We reach the Avatiko plantations--Mr. Bonny measures a pigmy--History and dress of the pigmies--A conversation by gesture--The pigmy’s wife--Monkeys and other animals in the forest--The clearing of Andaki--Our tattered clothes--The Ihuru River--Scarcity of food; Amani’s meals--Uledi searches for food--Missing provisions--We reach Kilonga-Longa’s village again--More deaths--The forest improves for travelling--Skirmish near Andikumu--Story of the pigmies and the box of ammunition--We pass Kakwa Hill--Defeat of a caravan--The last of the Somalis--A heavy shower of rain--Welcome food discovery at Indemau--We bridge the Dui River--A rough muster of the people--A stray goat at our Ngwetza camp--Further capture of dwarfs--We send back to Ngwetza for plantains--Loss of my boy Saburi in the forest--We wonder what has become of the Ngwetza party--My boy Saburi turns up--Starvation Camp--We go in search of the absentees, and meet them in the forest--The Ihuru River--And subsequent arrival at Fort Bodo 37 CHAPTER XXIII. THE GREAT CENTRAL AFRICAN FOREST.