Would a boat be waiting for us with supplies and letters?
The morning anxiously looked forward to at length arrived.

We started.
The English flag had been mounted on a fine straight bamboo with a new lance-head specially arranged for the arrival at Gondokoro.

My men felt proud, as they would march in as conquerors.

According to White Nile ideas, such a journey could not have been accomplished with so small a party.

Long before Ibrahim's men were ready to start, our oxen were saddled and we were off, longing to hasten into Gondokoro and to find a comfortable vessel with a few luxuries and the post from England.