| Going 6 miles per day. | 155 loads | 4 trips to make 6 |
| Going 6 miles per day. | 155 loads} | miles forward, 8 trips |
| Going 6 miles per day. | 155 loads} | to make 1 day's journey |
| Going 6 miles per day. | 155 loads} | for a caravan. |
"Therefore in seventy-four days you will have made nine marches forward nearer to us.
"If Tippu-Tib sends 400 men with your 208 carriers you can march with all goods towards Muta Nzigé. Then I shall meet you thirteen days from Muta Nzigé."
List of Stores landed at Yambuya Camp, August 14th, 1887, per s.s. Stanley from Leopoldville:—
| 100 | cases gunpowder. | |
| 129 | cases Remington rifle cartridges. | |
| 10 | cases percussion caps. | |
| 7 | cases biscuits (ship). | |
| 2 | cases Madeira wine. | |
| 2 | cases Savelist. | |
| 114 | bales cloth (assorted). | |
| 33 | sacks beads. | |
| 13 | sacks cowries. | |
| 20 | sacks rice. | |
| 8 | sacks salt. | |
| 1 | sacks empty sacks. | |
| 26 | loads of brass rods. | |
| 27 | loads brass and iron wire. | |
| 1 | case tinware. | |
| 493 |
List of Stores left at Yambuya in charge of Major Barttelot June 28th. 1887:—
| 2 | boxes general and private baggage—Mr. Stanley. | ||
| 29 | boxes Remington rifle cartridges. | ||
| 38 | boxes Winchester rifle cartridges. | ||
| 24 | boxes Maxim rifle cartridges. | ||
| 24 | boxes European provisions. | ||
| 10 | loads officers' baggage. | ||
| 15 | loads brass rods. | ||
| 1 | lodas tobacco. | ||
| 1 | loads cowries. | ||
| 12 | loads rice. | ||
| 7 | loads biscuits. | ||
| 1 | loads salt. | ||
| 3 | loads tents | ||
| 167 |
FOOTNOTES.
[1] No. 2 clashes with No. 3 somewhat. Khartoum and the Soudan are not synonymous terms. To withdraw the garrison of Khartoum is an easy task, to evacuate the Soudan is an impossibility for a single person.
[2] This is the only clearly worded despatch that I have been able to find in the Blue Book of the period.