CHAPTER XVII. REVOLT OF THE EGYPTIAN TROOPS. The situation in the Equatorial province—First mutiny of the troops —Emin at Mswa—Revolt of the garrison at Labors—Arrest and imprisonment of Emin and Jephson—Arrival of the Mahdists at Lado —Dervish ambassadors at Dufild—Message from Omar Saleh— Capture of Rejaf—Revolt of the Bari—Anarchy—Second battle at Rejaf— Emin and Jephson at liberty—Siege of Dufild—Defeat of the Mahdists—Emin at Tunguru. In realising the events that occurred in the pro vince of the Equator from the time that Stanley left Lake Albert in May 1888 to the date of his return in the following January, it is requisite to bear in mind what must have been the true relation subsisting between 1500 armed and semi- barbarous mercenaries and the solitary European, devoted by taste and education to the study of science, and only placed by adventitious circum stances in the position of a military governor. It was a position in which he was supported by no authority except the prestige of his nationality and official rank; and for four years he had been