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Updated: May 28, 2025
It was just dark by the time that the three fences were completed, and the herd of cattle were driven and secured within the inclosure. I arranged a guard of sixty men: twenty upon each side of the triangle. They were to remain outside the fence, and to keep a vigilant look-out. This work being over, I returned at night to the diahbeeah together with Lieutenant Baker.
As the diahbeeah turned the sharp point, I noticed that the water was exceedingly deep close to the sand-bank, and the stream was running like a mill race. Fearing some accident to the children, I ordered all who could not swim to come on board the diahbeeah.
They were not contented with a walking pace, but they raced with each other, splashing through the water, and hurrying round the points of the sand-banks, until they once more reached dry ground. Then even the women and boys jumped ashore, and laying hold of the tow-rope, joined the men in singing; and running forward along the hard bank they made the diahbeeah surge through the water.
"I did not reach the diahbeeah until 6 p.m.; we then started without delay, and reached the fleet at midnight, at the junction of the ditch through which we had previously arrived at the main river. "April 4. The vessels are passing with great difficulty over the shallow entrance of the ditch. "April 5. All the vessels have passed.
Should we succeed in reaching Gondokoro without serious loss, it will be the greatest possible triumph over difficulties, which no one can understand who has not witnessed the necessities of the journey. "A diahbeeah arrived in the lake, breaking her yard in a sudden shift of wind, and giving a man a fall from aloft, which was fatal.
However, I determined to make arrangements for the following season that would enable me to cut through every difficulty. I kept these intentions to myself, or only shared them with my wife and Lieutenant Baker. "April 3. Washed decks early, and sent off three soldiers, thus reducing the escort on the diahbeeah to seven men. "The entire fleet was in full retreat with wind and stream in favour.
Many did not believe it, but considered it was a dodge to induce them to extra exertion. I immediately gave orders for a channel to be opened through the mud and large obstruction into the lake. After some days' hard work, a passage was completed that was sufficiently deep to admit the diahbeeah.
I now sent for Bedden and a few of his principal men to the poop deck of my diahbeeah, which, being covered with carpets, and arranged with sofas and chairs, was something very astonishing to the great sheik, who had never seen anything but a vessel in the distance.
At the western base of Regiaf there is a very curious rock supported upon a pedestal, that forms a gigantic table. This great slab of syenite is one of many that have detached and fallen as the original mountain decomposed. I obtained my measuring tape from the diahbeeah, which gave the following results: Feet. Inches.
A poor little Abyssinian boy, about eleven years of age, had one day crawled through the high river grass to escape the observation of the sentries, and suddenly appeared on the deck of my diahbeeah to claim protection. He was streaming with blood, and had been shamefully ill-used by his master, who was a captain in the Egyptian regiment.
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