CHAPTER II.

BAD RECEPTION AT GONDOKORO.

Reports of Speke and Grant—The Bari Tribe—Description of the Natives
—Effects of poisoned Arrows—Hostility of the Bari Tribe—Atrocities
of the Trading Parties—Lawlessness at Gondokoro-A Boy shot—The first
Mutiny—Decision of my Wife—The Khartoum Escort—Arrival of Speke
and Grant—Gladness at meeting them—Their Appearance—Speke and
Grant's Discoveries—Another Lake reported to exist—Speke's
Instructions—Arrange to explore the Luta N'zige—Scarcity at
Gondokoro—Speke and Grant depart to Khartoum