Inowdeterminedtodevotemyselfspeciallytotheworkofcollectingcorn。Ithereforeplacedallmyluggageinthemagazine，clearedoutthediahbeeah，andtowedherupstreamfrommylittlestationtohead-quarters，readytostartonthefollowingday。
On17thOctoberIstartedat6a。m。，andreachedtheislandat4p。m。
ThereIfoundRaoufBey，andthevesselsthatIhadleftinhischarge。
Hehadonlyoccupiedoneisland，andthenativeswerehardatworkcarryingofftheircornfromtheislandstothesouth。Iimmediatelysenttroopstotakepossession。
On18thOctoberIsentRaoufBeytoGondokoro，withorderstodespatchtoKhartoumallthereallysickandincapable，butuponnoaccounttopermitanymantoreturnunlesshewashopelesslyinvalided。