Stanley's Story; Or, Through the Wilds of Africa / A Thrilling Narrative of His Remarkable Adventures, Terrible Experiences, Wonderful Discoveries and Amazing Achievements in the Dark Continent

by Col. A. G. Feather

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY.
A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF AFRICA — ITS ANCIENT CIVILIZATION — LITTLE INFORMATION EXTANT IN RELATION TO LARGEPORTIONS OF THE CONTINENT — THE GREAT FIELD OF SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION AND MISSIONARY LABOR — ACCOUNT OF A NUMBER OFEXPLORING EXPEDITIONS, INCLUDING THOSE OF MUNGO PARK, DENHAM AND CLAPPERTON, AND OTHERS — THEIR PRACTICAL RESULTS — DESIREOF FURTHER INFORMATION INCREASED — RECENT EXPLORATIONS, NOTABLY THOSE OF DR. LIVINGSTONE AND MR. STANLEY, REPRESENTING THE NEW YORK“HERALD” NEWSPAPER	[17]
CHAPTER II.
GEOLOGY OF AFRICA—ANTIQUITY OF MAN.
THE GENERAL GEOLOGICAL FORMATION OF THE CONTINENT — THE WANT OF COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION — SINGULARFACTS AS TO THE DESERT OF SAHARA — THE QUESTION OF THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN — IS AFRICA THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE HUMAN RACE? —OPINIONS OF SCIENTISTS TENDING TO ANSWER IN THE AFFIRMATIVE — DARWINISM	[28]
CHAPTER III.
THE RESULTS OF THE EXPLORATIONS IN AFRICA.
THE RESULT IN BEHALF OF SCIENCE, RELIGION AND HUMANITY OF THE EXPLORATIONS AND MISSIONARY LABORS OF DR. LIVINGSTONEAND OTHERS IN AFRICA — REVIEW OF RECENT DISCOVERIES IN RESPECT TO THE PEOPLE AND THE PHYSICAL NATURE OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT— THE DIAMOND FIELDS OF SOUTH AFRICA — BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF THE CONTINENT — ITS CAPABILITIES AND ITS WANTS —CHRISTIANITY AND MODERN JOURNALISM DISSIPATING OLD BARBARISMS, AND LEADING THE WAY TO TRIUMPHS OF CIVILIZATION	[47]
CHAPTER IV.
LIVINGSTONE’S SECOND (AND LAST) EXPEDITION TO AFRICA.
AGAIN LEAVES ENGLAND, MARCH, 1858 — RESIGNING HIS POSITION AS MISSIONARY FOR THE LONDON SOCIETY, HE ISAPPOINTED BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT CONSUL AT KILIMANE — AFTER A BRIEF EXPLORATION ALONG THE ZAMBESI, HE AGAIN VISITS ENGLAND— SAILS ON HIS FINAL EXPEDITION, AUGUST 14, 1865, AND PROCEEDS BY WAY OF BOMBAY TO ZANZIBAR — REPORT OF HIS MURDER ON THESHORES OF NYASSA	[70]
CHAPTER V.
THE “HERALD” EXPEDITION OF SEARCH.
THE GREAT DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN JOURNALISM — THE TELEGRAPH — JAMES GORDON BENNETT, HORACE GREELEY, HENRYJ. RAYMOND — THE MAGNITUDE OF AMERICAN JOURNALISTIC ENTERPRISE — THE “HERALD” SPECIAL SEARCH EXPEDITION FOR DR.LIVINGSTONE — STANLEY A CORRESPONDENT — THE EXPEDITION ON ITS WAY TOWARD LIVINGSTONE	[82]
CHAPTER VI.
HENRY MORLAND STANLEY.
HIS NATIVITY — EARLY LIFE — COMES TO AMERICA — HIS ADOPTION BY A NEW ORLEANS MERCHANT — HISCAREER DURING THE CIVIL WAR — BECOMES A CORRESPONDENT OF THE NEW YORK “HERALD” — SAILS FOR THE ISLAND OF CRETE TOENLIST IN THE CAUSE OF THE CRETANS, THEN AT WAR — BUT CHANGES HIS MIND ON ARRIVING THERE — INSTEAD UNDERTAKES A JOURNEYTHROUGH ASIA MINOR, THE PROVINCES OF RUSSIAN ASIA, ETC. — ATTACKED AND PLUNDERED BY TURKISH BRIGANDS — RELIEVED BY HON. E.JOY MORRIS, THE AMERICAN MINISTER — GOES TO EGYPT — TO ABYSSINIA — REMARKABLE SUCCESS THERE — HIS SUDDEN CALL TOPARIS FROM MADRID BY MR. BENNETT, OF THE “HERALD” — ACCOUNT OF THE INTERVIEW — MR. STANLEY GOES TO FINDLIVINGSTONE IN COMMAND OF THE “HERALD” LIVINGSTONE EXPEDITION	[95]
CHAPTER VII.
MR. STANLEY IN AFRICA.
THE SEARCH FOR DR. LIVINGSTONE ENERGETICALLY BEGUN — PROGRESS DELAYED BY WARS — THE SUCCESSFUL JOURNEYFROM UNYANYEMBE TO UJIJI IN 1871 — THE “HERALD” CABLE TELEGRAM ANNOUNCING THE SAFETY OF LIVINGSTONE — THE BATTLESAND INCIDENTS OF THIS NEWSPAPER CAMPAIGN — RECEIPT OF THE GREAT NEWS — THE HONOR BESTOWED ON AMERICAN JOURNALISM	[107]
CHAPTER VIII.
THE MEETING OF LIVINGSTONE AND STANLEY.
THE “LAND OF THE MOON” — DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE — HORRID SAVAGE RITES— JOURNEY FROM UNYANYEMBE TO UJIJI — A WONDERFUL COUNTRY — A MIGHTY RIVER SPANNED BY A BRIDGE OF GRASS —OUTWITTING THE SPOILERS — STANLEY’S ENTRY INTO UJIJI, AND MEETING WITH LIVINGSTONE — THE GREAT TRIUMPH OF AN AMERICANNEWSPAPER	[123]
CHAPTER IX.
LIVINGSTONE AND STANLEY IN AFRICA.
THE GREAT EXPLORER AS A COMPANION — HIS MISSIONARY LABORS — THE STORY OF HIS LATEST EXPLORATIONS —THE PROBABLE SOURCES OF THE NILE — GREAT LAKES AND RIVERS — THE COUNTRY AND PEOPLE OF CENTRAL AFRICA — A RACE OFAFRICAN AMAZONS — THE SLAVE TRADE — A HORRID MASSACRE — THE DISCOVERER PLUNDERED	[159]
CHAPTER X.
LIVINGSTONE AND STANLEY IN AFRICA. [CONTINUED.]
AN EXPLORATION OF TANGANYIKA LAKE — RESULT — CHRISTMAS AT UJIJI — LIVINGSTONE PROCEEDS WITHSTANLEY TO UNYANYEMBE — ACCOUNT OF THE JOURNEY — ALLEGED NEGLECT OF LIVINGSTONE BY THE BRITISH CONSULATE AT ZANZIBAR —DEPARTURE OF THE EXPLORER FOR THE INTERIOR, AND OF MR. STANLEY FOR EUROPE	[191]
CHAPTER XI.
INTELLIGENCE OF THE SUCCESS OF THE “HERALD” ENTERPRISE.
MR. STANLEY’S DESPATCHES TO THE “HERALD” — THEY CREATE A PROFOUND SENSATION — THEQUESTION OF THE AUTHENTICITY OF HIS REPORTS — CONCLUSIVE PROOF THEREOF — TESTIMONY OF THE ENGLISH PRESS, JOHN LIVINGSTONE,EARL GRANVILLE, AND THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND HERSELF — MR. STANLEY’S RECEPTION IN EUROPE — AT PARIS — IN LONDON— THE BRIGHTON BANQUET — HONORS FROM THE QUEEN	[199]
CHAPTER XII.
DR. LIVINGSTONE STILL IN AFRICA.
THE GREAT EXPLORER STILL IN SEARCH OF THE SOURCES OF THE NILE — HIS LETTERS TO THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT ON HISEXPLORATIONS — CORRESPONDENCE WITH LORD STANLEY, LORD CLARENDON, EARL GRANVILLE, DR. KIRK AND JAMES GORDON BENNETT, JR. — HISOWN DESCRIPTION OF CENTRAL AFRICA AND THE SUPPOSED SOURCES OF THE NILE — THE COUNTRY AND PEOPLE — A NATION OF CANNIBALS— BEAUTIFUL WOMEN — GORILLAS — THE EXPLORER’S PLANS FOR THE FUTURE	[211]
CHAPTER XIII.
THE SLAVE TRADE OF EAST AFRICA.
DR. LIVINGSTONE’S LETTER UPON THE SUBJECT TO MR. BENNETT — COMPARES THE SLAVE TRADE WITH PIRACY ON THEHIGH SEAS — NATIVES OF INTERIOR AFRICA AVERAGE SPECIMENS OF HUMANITY — SLAVE TRADE CRUELTIES — DEATHS FROM BROKENHEARTS — THE NEED OF CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION — BRITISH CULPABILITY	[238]
CHAPTER XIV.
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA.
SOME ACCOUNTS OF THE BEASTS, BIRDS, REPTILES AND INSECTS OF AFRICA — LIVINGSTONE’S OPINION OF THE LION— ELEPHANTS, HIPPOPOTAMI, RHINOCEROSES, Etc. — WILD ANIMALS SUBJECT TO DISEASE — REMARKABLEHUNTING EXPLORATIONS — CUMMING SLAYS MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED ELEPHANTS — DU CHAILLU AND THE GORILLA — THRILLING INCIDENTS— VAST PLAINS COVERED WITH GAME — FORESTS FILLED WITH BIRDS — IMMENSE SERPENTS — THE PYTHON OF SOUTH AFRICA— ANTS AND OTHER INSECTS	[248]
CHAPTER XV.
THE LAST JOURNEY AND THE DEATH OF DR. LIVINGSTONE.
DR. LIVINGSTONE ANXIOUSLY AWAITS THE RECRUITS AND SUPPLIES SENT BY MR. STANLEY — ON THEIR ARRIVAL SETS OUTSOUTHWESTWARD ON HIS LAST JOURNEY — REACHES KISERI, WHERE CHRONIC DYSENTERY SEIZES HIM — HE REFUSES TO YIELD; BUT PUSHES ON,TILL INCREASING DEBILITY COMPELS HIM TO STOP AND RETRACE HIS STEPS — HE SINKS RAPIDLY, AND ON MAY4TH BREATHES HIS LAST — HIS ATTENDANTS TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO INSURE THE RETURN OF THECORPSE TO ENGLAND — LETTER FROM MR. HOLMWOOD, ATTACHÉ OF THE BRITISH CONSULATE AT ZANZIBAR	[281]
CHAPTER XVI.
THE CORPSE BORNE TO ENGLAND, AND LAID IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
THE BODY OF DR. LIVINGSTONE BORNE TO UNYANYEMBE BY HIS ATTENDANTS, AND THENCE TO ZANZIBAR — THE BRITISHCONSUL-GENERAL SENDS IT, WITH THE DOCTOR’S PAPERS, BOOKS, Etc., TO ENGLAND — ARRIVAL AT SOUTHAMPTONAND AT LONDON — THE PEOPLE VIE IN TRIBUTES OF RESPECT — THE FUNERAL — THE GRAVE IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY	[289]
CHAPTER XVII.
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE DEATH OF LIVINGSTONE.
THE LAST NIGHT — EXPIRES IN THE ACT OF PRAYING — COUNCIL OF THE MEN — NOBLE CONDUCT OF CHITAMBO— THE PREPARATION OF THE CORPSE — HONOR SHOWN TO DR. LIVINGSTONE — INTERMENT OF THE HEART AT CHITAMBO’S —HOMEWARD MARCH FROM ILALA — ILLNESS OF ALL THE MEN — DEATHS — THE LUAPULU — REACH TANGANYIKA — LEAVE THELAKE — CROSS THE LAMBALAMFIPA RANGE — IMMENSE HERDS OF GAME — NEWS OF EAST COAST SEARCH EXPEDITION — CONFIRMATIONOF NEWS — AVANT-COURIERS SENT FORWARD TO UNYANYEMBE — CHUMA MEETS LIEUT. CAMERON — SAD DEATH OF DR. DILLON — THEBODY EFFECTUALLY CONCEALED — ARRIVAL ON THE COAST	[298]
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN EXPEDITION.
HENRY M. STANLEY’S NEW MISSION — THE UNFINISHED TASK OF LIVINGSTONE — THE COMMISSION OF MR. STANLEYBY THE “DAILY TELEGRAPH,” OF LONDON, AND THE NEW YORK “HERALD,” TO COMMAND THE NEW EXPEDITION TO CENTRAL AFRICA— MR. STANLEY’S ARRIVAL AT ZANZIBAR — FITTING OUT HIS EXPEDITION AND ENLISTING MANY OF HIS OLD CAPTAINS AND CHIEFS— SETS SAIL FOR THE WEST COAST OF THE ZANZIBAR SEA AND TOWARDS THE DARK CONTINENT — ARRIVAL AT BAGAMOYO — COMPLETES HISFORCES AND TAKES UP HIS LINE OF MARCH INLAND — INCIDENTS ATTENDING HIS MARCH TO MPWAPWA	[351]
CHAPTER XIX.
STANLEY’S ROUTE TO VICTORIA NYANZA.
SPENDS CHRISTMAS AT ZINGEH — THE RAINY SEASON SETS IN — FAMINE OR SCARCITY OF FOOD — HALF RATIONS— EXTORTIONATE CHIEFS LEVY BLACKMAIL — ARRIVAL AT JIWENI — THROUGH JUNGLE TO KITALALO — THE PLAIN OF SALINA— “NOT A DROP OF WATER” — BELLICOSE NATIVES — TROUBLE WITH MANY OF HIS FOLLOWERS — VALUABLE SERVICESRENDERED HIM BY FRANK AND EDWARD POCOCK AND FREDERICK BARKER — FREQUENT QUARRELS — THE TRIALS OF STANLEY — CAMP ATMTIWI — TERRIBLE RAIN STORM AND SAD PLIGHT OF STANLEY AND HIS PEOPLE — MISLED BY HIS GUIDE, IS LOST IN A WILD OF LOW SCRUBAND BRUSH — TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES — STARVATION IMPENDING — SENDS FOR RELIEF TO SUNA IN URIMI — THE WELCOME MEALOF OATMEAL — A SINGULAR COOKING UTENSIL — DEATH OF EDWARD POCOCK — THE WEARY MARCH FROM THE WARIMI TO MGONGO TEMBE— THE BEAUTIFUL USIHA — REACHES VICTORIA NYANZA FEBRUARY 27TH, 1875 — ENTERS KAGEHYI— RECEIVES ITS HOSPITALITIES — THE END OF A JOURNEY OF 720 MILES IN 103 DAYS	[360]
CHAPTER XX.
EXPLORATION OF VICTORIA NYANZA.
PREPARING THE LADY ALICE FOR SEA — SELECTS HIS CREW — THE START FOR THE CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF LAKEVICTORIA — AFLOAT ON THE LAKE — A NIGHT AT UVUMA — BARMECIDE FARE — MESSAGE FROM MTESA — CAMP ON SOWEHISLAND — AN EXTRAORDINARY MONARCH — MTESA, EMPEROR OF UGANDA — ARRIVAL AT THE IMPERIAL CAPITAL — GLOWINGDESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY — A GRAND MISSION FIELD — THE TREACHERY OF BUMBIREH — SAVED — REFUGE ISLAND —RETURN TO CAMP AT KAGEHYI	[372]
CHAPTER XXI.
RETURNS TO UGANDA.
LEAVES KAGEHYI WITH HALF HIS EXPEDITION — ARRIVAL AT REFUGE ISLAND — BRINGS UP THE REST — ENCAMPEDON REFUGE ISLAND — INTERVIEWED BY IROBA CANOES — STANLEY’S FRIENDSHIP SCORNED — THE KING OF BUMBIREH HELD AS AHOSTAGE — THE MASSACRE OF KYTAWA CHIEF AND HIS CREW — THE PUNISHMENT OF THE MURDERERS — ITS SALUTARY EFFECT UPON THEIRNEIGHBORS — ARRIVAL IN UGANDA — LIFE AND MANNERS IN UGANDA — THE EMPEROR — THE LAND — EN ROUTE FORMUTA NZIGÉ — THE WHITE PEOPLE OF GAMBARAGARA — LAKE WINDERMERE — RUMANIKA, THE KING OF KARAGWÉ — HISCOUNTRY — THE INGEZI — THE HOT SPRINGS OF MTAGATA — UBAGWÉ — MSENÉ — ACROSS THE MALAGARAZI TOUJIJI — SAD REFLECTIONS	[389]
CHAPTER XXII.
WESTWARD ALONG THE CONGO TO THE ATLANTIC.
SURVEYS LAKE TANGANYIKA — SETTLES THE QUESTION OF THE RIVER LUGUKA — AN OUTBREAK OF SMALL-POX AND FEVERIN UJIJI — CAUSES STANLEY TO DEPART — PUSHES HIS WAY ALONG THE RIGHT BANK OF THE LUALALA TO THE NYANGWE — OVERLANDTHROUGH UREGGA — BROUGHT TO A STANDSTILL BY AN IMPENETRABLE FOREST — CROSSES OVER TO THE LEFT BANK — NORTHEAST USKUSA— DENSE JUNGLES — OPPOSED AND HARASSED BY HOSTILE SAVAGES — ASSAILED NIGHT AND DAY — THE PROGRESS OF THEEXPEDITION ALMOST HOPELESS — DESERTED BY FORTY OF HIS PORTERS — TAKES TO THE RIVER AS THE ONLY CHANCE TO ESCAPE — PASSTHE CATARACTS BY CUTTING A ROAD THROUGH THIRTEEN MILES OF DENSE FOREST FOR THE PASSAGE OF THE LADY ALICE AND THE CANOES —ALMOST INCESSANTLY FIGHTING THE SAVAGES — THREATENED WITH STARVATION — THREE DAYS WITHOUT FOOD — MEET WITH A FRIENDLYTRIBE WITH WHOM THEY BARTER FOR SUPPLIES — MANY FALLS AND FURIOUS RAPIDS — AGAIN ATTACKED BY A MORE WARLIKE TRIBE, ARMED WITHFIREARMS — ALMOST STARVED AND WORN-OUT WITH FATIGUE, REACHES ISANGILA — LEAVES THE RIVER — TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS OF HISPEOPLE — RELIEF FROM EMBOMMA — REACH EMBOMMA — KABINDA AND LONDA — SAIL FOR CAPE OF GOOD HOPE — THENCERETURN BY STEAMER TO ZANZIBAR — CLOSE OF THE EXPEDITION	[404]
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE WONDERFUL RESOURCES OF THE CONGO.
THE MESSENGERS OF KING LEOPOLD II., OF BELGIUM — MEET STANLEY AT MARSEILLES, FRANCE — OBJECT OF THEINTERVIEW — ANOTHER EXPEDITION TO AFRICA, TO EXPLORE THE CONGO, IN THE INTERESTS OF COMMERCE — THE COMITÉD’ETUDES DU HAUT CONGO — OBJECT OF THE EXPEDITION DEFINED — STANLEY RETURNS TO AFRICA — ARRIVAL AT THE MOUTH OFTHE CONGO — COMMERCIAL POSSIBILITIES OF THE CONGO BASIN — RAILWAYS NECESSARY — THE POPULATION — STATISTICS OFTRADE — PRODUCTS OF THE IMMENSE FORESTS — MARVELLOUS BEAUTY OF THE COUNTRY — VEGETABLE PRODUCTS — PALMS —INDIA-RUBBER PLANTS — THE ORCHILLA — REDWOOD POWDER — VEGETABLE FIBRES — SKINS OF ANIMALS — IVORY —THE CLIMATE — IMPORTANCE OF THE EXPEDITION, BOTH COMMERCIALLY AND POLITICALLY — RETURN OF STANLEY TO ENGLAND	[420]
CHAPTER XXIV.
FOUNDING OF THE FREE CONGO STATE.
THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE CONGO SEEKS RECOGNITION FROM FOREIGN POWERS — TREATY BETWEEN ENGLAND ANDPORTUGAL — EARL GRANVILLE — CLAIMS OF PORTUGAL — CONCESSION OF ENGLAND — KING LEOPOLD OBTAINS THE ASSISTANCE OFTHE GERMAN CHANCELLOR AND THE SYMPATHIES OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC — PRINCE BISMARCK PROTESTS — LETTER TO BARON DE COURCEL,FRENCH AMBASSADOR AT BERLIN — THE BARON’S REPLY — FRANCE AND GERMANY IN ACCORD — CALL FOR A CONFERENCE OF THEPOWERS AT BERLIN — THE CONFERENCE ASSEMBLES — PRINCE BISMARCK OPENS THE CONFERENCE WITH AN ADDRESS STATING ITS OBJECT —MR. STANLEY A DELEGATE — ASKED TO GIVE HIS VIEWS — MR. STANLEY’S SUGGESTIONS — DELIBERATIONS OF THE CONFERENCE— RESULTS OF THE CONFERENCE — PROTOCOL SIGNED BY ALL THE PLENIPOTENTIARIES — THE UNITED STATES THE FIRST TO PUBLICLYRECOGNIZE THE FLAG OF THE FREE CONGO STATE — HONORS TO MR. STANLEY IN GERMANY	[431]
CHAPTER XXV.
EMIN PASHA, GOVERNOR OF THE SOUDANESE PROVINCES.
SKETCH OF HIS EARLY LIFE — HIS REAL NAME — A SILESIAN BY BIRTH — STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OFBRESLAU — BECOMES A PHYSICIAN — GOES TO TURKEY, AND THENCE TO ANTIVARI AND SCUTARI — ATTACHED TO THE COURT OF VALISISMAEL PASHA HAGGI — RETURNS HOME 1873 — IN 1875 GOES TO EGYPT — ENTERS THE EGYPTIAN SERVICE AS “DR. EMINEFFENDI” — MEETS WITH GENERAL GORDON — RECEIVES THE POST OF COMMANDER OF LADO, TOGETHER WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THEEQUATORIAL PROVINCE — DEATH OF GENERAL GORDON AND RETREAT OF LORD WOLSELEY’S ARMY — BECOMES DEPENDENT UPON HIS OWNRESOURCES AFTER ALL COMMUNICATION WITH THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT IS CUT OFF — ENCOMPASSED BY HOSTILE TRIBES, IS LOST TO THE REST OFTHE WORLD — A RESUME OF WHAT HE EFFECTED IN HIS ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS — HIS DIARY — EXTRACTS SENT TO FRIENDS— INSURRECTION, AND INVASION OF THE PROVINCE BY THE MAHDI’S FORCES — HIS POSITION VERY CRITICAL — EXCITES THESYMPATHY OF THE WHOLE WORLD	[446]
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE EMIN BEY RELIEF EXPEDITION.
PUBLIC OPINION IN ENGLAND — A RELIEF COMMITTEE ORGANIZED — SUBSCRIPTION OF FUNDS TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSESOF AN EXPEDITION — HENRY M. STANLEY CALLED TO ENGLAND BY CABLE — ACCEPTS COMMAND OF THE RELIEF EXPEDITION —STANLEY’S OPINION AS TO THE CHARACTER OF THE EXPEDITION AND THE BEST ROUTE — REACHES ZANZIBAR — MEETS TIPPU-TIB —SUPPLIED WITH 600 CARRIERS — CONSENTS TO ACCOMPANY STANLEY — SAILS FOR THE MOUTH OF THE CONGO FEBRUARY25TH — REACHES THE ARUWIMI IN JUNE — LEAVES A REARGUARD AT YAMBUYA — ADVANCESTOWARDS ALBERT NYANZA ALONG THE VALLEY OF THE ARUWIMI — STARTLING RUMORS — STANLEY AND EMIN REPORTED TO BE IN THE HANDS OFTHE ARABS — A LETTER IN PROOF RECEIVED FROM A MAHDIST OFFICER IN THE SOUDAN — NEWS OF DISASTERS ON THE CONGO — MURDEROF DR. BARTTELOT — DEATH OF MR. JAMIESON — THE GLOOMY NEWS REGARDING STANLEY’S FATE — THE OPINION OF THOMSON,THE AFRICAN TRAVELLER — NEWS OF STANLEY’S ARRIVAL AT EMIN’S CAPITAL RECEIVED DECEMBER, 1888 — FIRST NEWS FROMSTANLEY HIMSELF APRIL 3, 1889 — FULL ACCOUNT OF HIS MARCH, AND THE TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES SUFFERED, FROM YAMBUYA TO THE ALBERTNYANZA	[457]
CHAPTER XXVII.
MEETING OF STANLEY AND EMIN PASHA.
EMIN PASHA ARRIVES BY STEAMER, ACCOMPANIED BY CASATI AND MR. JEPHSON — MEETING WITH STANLEY — CAMPTOGETHER FOR TWENTY-SIX DAYS — STANLEY RETURNS TO FORT BODO — LEAVES JEPHSON WITH EMIN — RELIEVES CAPT. NELSON ANDLIEUT. STAIRS — TERRIBLE LOSS SUFFERED BY LIEUT. STAIR’S PARTY — LEAVES FORT BODO FOR KILONGA-LONGA’S ANDUGARROWWA — THE LATTER DESERTED — MEETS THE REAR COLUMN OF THE EXPEDITION A WEEK LATER AT BUNALYA — MEETS BONNY, ANDLEARNS OF THE DEATH OF MAJOR BARTTELOT — TERRIBLE WRECK OF THE REAR COLUMN — SEVENTY-ONE OUT OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVENLEFT — THE RECORD ONE OF DISASTER, DESERTION AND DEATH — INTERVIEW WITH EMIN — EMIN’S CONDITION — EMIN ANDJEPHSON SURROUNDED BY THE REBELS AND TAKEN PRISONERS — STANLEY’S RETURN A SECOND TIME TO ALBERT NYANZA — LETTER OFSTANLEY GEOGRAPHICALLY DESCRIBING THE FOREST REGION TRAVERSED BY HIM — SKETCHES THE COURSE OF THE ARUWIMI — A RETROSPECT OFHIS THRILLING EXPERIENCES AS FAR AS THE VICTORIA NYANZA, AUGUST 28TH, 1889	[481]
CHAPTER XXVIII.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERIES EN ROUTE.
FINDS THAT BAKER HAS MADE AN ERROR — ALTITUDES OF LAKE ALBERT AND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS — VACOVIA —DISCOVERS THE LOFTY RUEVENZORI — THE NILE OR THE CONGO? — THE SEMLIKI RIVER — THE PLAINS OF NOONGORA — THE SALTLAKES OF KATIVE — NEW PEOPLES, WAKONYU OF THE GREAT MOUNTAINS — THE AWAMBA — WASONYORA — WANYORA BANDITS —LAKE ALBERT EDWARD — THE TRIBES AND SHEPHERD RACES OF THE EASTERN UPLANDS — WANYANKORI — WANYARUWAMBA — WAZINYA— A HARVEST OF NEW FACTS — THE IMPORTANCE OF STANLEY’S ADDITION TO THE VICTORIA NYANZA	[501]
CHAPTER XXIX.
FROM THE ALBERT NYANZA TO THE INDIAN OCEAN.
EMIN PASHA’S INDECISION — MUCH TIME WASTED — STANLEY GROWS IMPATIENT — JEPHSON’SREPORT — STANLEY DEMANDS POSITIVE ACTION, AND THREATENS TO MARCH HOMEWARD ON FEBRUARY 13TH— RECEIVES EMIN’S REPLY, ACCEPTING THE ESCORT, ON THE DAY HE HAD PROPOSED TO BEGIN HIS RETURN MARCH — STANLEY FURNISHESCARRIERS TO HELP HIM UP WITH HIS LUGGAGE — STANLEY GREATLY HINDERED BY THE SUSPICIONS OF THE NATIVES — CONVALESCENT FROM HISRECENT SEVERE ILLNESS, STANLEY LEAVES KAVALLIS WITH HIS UNITED EXPEDITION, FOR THE INDIAN OCEAN, APRIL12TH — LETTER OF LIEUT. W. G. STAIRS — REACHES URSULALA — STANLEY’S LETTER TOSIR FRANCIS DE WINSTON — EXPEDITIONS FITTED OUT AND FORWARDED TO THE INTERIOR TO MEET STANLEY — STANLEY REACHES MSUWAHNOVEMBER 29TH — MEETS THE “HERALD” COMMISSIONER — REACHES MBIKI DECEMBER1ST — KIGIRO, DECEMBER 3D — BAGAMOYO, DECEMBER4TH — ENTERS ZANZIBAR, DECEMBER 5TH — SAD ACCIDENTBEFALLS EMIN PASHA — SERIOUSLY, IF NOT FATALLY, INJURED — THE END OF A MOST REMARKABLE AND EXTRAORDINARY EXPEDITION —THE CLOSING WORDS OF STANLEY’S STORY	[508]

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