STANLEY AND EMIN.
The London Spectator brings Henry M. Stanley and Emin Pasha into strong contrast in its discussion of the celebrated rescue. It chooses to regard the rescue as of greater psychological than of historic or scientific interest to the world, and says. “The revelation it affords is the radical difference in character between the two great African adventurers. For years past, Emin Pasha has seemed to be the greater of the two, a man who actually ruled, and in a degree civilized, great African provinces, who had by his character alone maintained his ascendency over a body of successful Mohammedan troops, and who had earned, if not the love, at least the respect and regard, of millions of black subjects. It now appears that some part of all this success must have been accidental. The trusted troops revolted on their first great opportunity—as, we must in justice remember, did also our own Sepoys—the obedient blacks proved equally obedient to the new Arab authority; and Emin himself stood revealed as a thoughtful man of science, patient and unfearing, but with little either of the energy or the decision which make the true man of action. It may be that in his long sojourn at Wadelai, surrounded by Egyptians and blacks, possibly taking native wives, for we hear of a young daughter named Ferida, and conforming to the ritual of an Asiatic faith, Emin may have become Africanized; but no change of conditions could deprive him of the power of recognizing men, had he originally possessed
it. That he erred in his judgment of his agents is clear, for they mutinied against and imprisoned him; his hope that they would follow him to the coast, and thence to Egypt, turned out as baseless as the hope of many an old Sepoy officer that his ‘children’ at least would never mutiny; and to the last, one native officer, if Stanley’s account may be trusted, deluded the experienced Viceroy like a child.
“One suspects, though perhaps the suspicion may be unfair, that he owed much of his apparent success to his profession of Mohammedanism—which up to the very last induced his followers to draw a distinction between the Pasha, who was only led away, and Jephson and Casati, who are called wicked Christians, and suspected of designs against their own Egyptian soldiers—and of his reputation in Europe to his feeling for science and civilization, a cause which also produced the much too favorable estimate of the Emperor of Brazil. On the other hand, the more the true man of action is tried, the stronger he appears. Perhaps no man that ever lived had his energy and endurance more taxed than Henry M. Stanley, who for years on end has suffered all that any great African explorer has suffered, with the addition of heavy responsibility to and for others, and who through it all has steadily grown greater in himself as well as in the world’s eyes. Statesmen would now trust the lad from the Welsh workhouse with African kingdoms to govern, and the new sovereign companies, who claim such immense districts, will compete with each other for his aid. He has the qualities which make rulers, and it is in the end on these, and not on amiability and feeling for science, or even a perplexed devotion to doubtful duty, that statesmen must rely. We shall do nothing in Africa by passing and repassing through its endless forests. We must govern, organize, and above all train its people, before anything is accomplished; and for that work we need the service of men who, like Stanley, know that the one cure for savagery is discipline, and can enforce it to the end.”
DINING ON THE BANKS OF THE UPPER SHIRE.
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| 11 | rum in Africa; {palavaring}[palavering]; Emin Pasha at |
| 14 | FORDING THE {CHUCHIBI}[CUCHIBI] 364 |
| 14 | BINKA CATTLE HERD {715}[515] |
| 25 | which the sun of civilization is, sooner {of}[or] later, |
| 25 | Europe has a need for African {acquition}[acquisition] and |
| 26 | which throw Europe in the {foregrond}[foreground]. |
| 27 | scientific and {philanthrophic}[philanthropic] enterprise |
| 29 | Great {Britian}[Britain] had possessed the Niger delta; |
| 29 | Ogowai, Muni, {Camaroom}[Camaroon], Oil, Niger, |
| 38 | The time consumed had been about five {mouths}[months] |
| 52 | rubber trees, tamarinds, {boabab}[baobab], bombax, |
| 52 | is a nabob after {}[the ]modern pattern |
| 53 | the sad expanse of {grossy}[grassy] plain, |
| 56 | was through the land of {}[the ]Nkuku, a trading people. |
| 68 | terrible fighters who {harrassed}[harassed] Stanley |
| 69 | Their bodies are cross-marked and {tatooed}[tattooed]. |
| 74 | They were averse to a journey up the{ the}[] Aruwimi, |
| 74 | described by {Scheinfurth}[Schweinfurth], |
| 78 | NIAM-NIAM {MINSTRAL}[MINSTREL]. |
| 81 | to show {consisent}[consistent] affection |
| 81 | which is the{ the}[] original of every native tongue |
| 81 | They always consult {augeries}[auguries] before going to war. |
| 83 | and the {maurauders}[marauders] had retreated |
| 83 | evidence that the {maurauders}[marauders] had managed |
| 94 | The {Mayuemas}[Manyuemas] are a fierce race; |
| 94 | This {gruesom}[gruesome] anecdote |
| 99 | imprisonment which {Stanly}[Stanley] had inflicted. |
| 100 | The natives were {peacable}[peaceable] and ready to trade, |
| 102 | and stopped off {}[at ]the town of that name, which |
| 106 | France, Great {Britian}[Britain], |
| 107 | Portugal on the {Alantic}[Atlantic] coast, |
| 107 | there are at present but few {ligitimate}[legitimate] traders |
| 108 | {Eurepean}[European] powers had been permitted to {sieze}[seize] |
| 108 | powers had been permitted to {sieze}[seize] all the coasts |
| 108 | geology, zoology, and {resourses}[resources], and many |
| 108 | formed under French auspices in { in}[] February 1887, |
| 111 | French, English, Portuguese, and {Belgium}[Belgian] capitalists |
| 116 | into public law, {while}[which] in its turn will remove many |
| 120 | and religious tolerations are expressly {guarteed}[guaranteed] |
| 123 | taxes to be {caclulated}[calculated] on the expenses |
| 123 | with any duties {fur}[for] harborage stoppages |
| 125 | {It}[If] the Consular agent considers |
| 126 | in accordance with the requirements {ments }[]of international |
| 128 | service of such {estabments}[establishments], shall be treated |
| 130 | expenses of construction, {maintainance}[maintenance] and |
| 130 | freedom of navigation {anunciated}[annunciated] in Articles |
| 154 | was reached and a plantain patch {bursts}[burst] into view |
| 155 | chiefs and Bonny were {callen}[called] to a council. |
| 165 | the {southermost}[southernmost] station in Emin’s boundaries. |
| 168 | the entire {equatoral}[equatorial] section of its European |
| 176 | arrival of Lieut. {Sairs}[Stairs], Selim, |
| 178 | objective being Zanzibar, on the {west}[east] coast of Africa. |
| 187 | The alphabet, if it was constructed in {Phenicia}[Phœnicia] |
| 188 | the Hebrew {ceremonical}[ceremonial] worship, |
| 188 | saved them from {absorbtion}[absorption] by the hardy tribes |
| 206 | his stone {sarcopagus}[sarcophagus] and its wooden cover, |
| 207 | red granite {sarcophugus}[sarcophagus] is there, |
| 209 | towering above the palm {treees}[trees]. |
| 209 | now in the Place de {}[la ]Concorde, Paris. |
| 213 | (1200 B.C. {}[to ]1133 B.C.) |
| 248 | But how {}[to ]make it? |
| 249 | He was left with a {compliment}[complement] of Baker’s small |
| 257 | if on {}[the ]Nile the first mariner tried his bark on water |
| 267 | resists the influences of {absorbtion}[absorption], evaporation |
| 267 | unhealthy spot can hardly {he}[be] imagined. |
| 271 | {menacled}[manacled] to their late enemies, are soon floating |
| 275 | is a small lake—Lake No.<Numeral omitted by publisher.> |
| 286 | and each house is fortified by a {stokade}[stockade]. |
| 289 | The beast does not give up {pursu}[pursuit] |
| 289 | to curse their goats or {whither}[wither] their flocks. |
| 290 | threatens to pour {lightening}[lightning], storm and rain |
| 292 | but a swarm of {babboons}[baboons] spy him |
| 292 | One of the {babboons}[baboons] was shot. |
| 308 | Before reaching the {northermost}[northernmost] point of the lake |
| 310 | language of the Uganda. “Mena<The word Mena is obscured.>” means |
| 318 | the Ten Commandments for daily {persual}[perusal] |
| 325 | contributes more water {then}[than] flows out of the lake |
| 335 | on the Chobe, or {Cuaudo}[Cuando] River, |
| 338 | are universally {acknowleged}[acknowledged]. |
| 356 | flinging them into the {the }[]river above the rapids. |
| 359 | beneath a giant baobab tree {reposes}[repose] |
| 367 | of Ujiji, the {rendevouz}[rendezvous] of all expeditions, |
| 377 | they practised {canibalism}[cannibalism], but could |
| 372 | <Caption has added words: TOP, LEFT, RIGHT, BOTTOM.> |
| 401 | Uledi, the {coxwain}[coxswain] of the “Lady Alice,” |
| 403 | By {Feburary}[February] 8, Rubanga, |
| 408 | natives, who {has}[had] picked him up |
| 410 | Uledi swam to him, {siezed}[seized] him, |
| 412 | Poor Safeni, {coxwain}[coxswain] of the “Lady Alice,” |
| 414 | Uledi the {coxwain}[coxswain], manned a lighter |
| 416 | and at length {tyranical}[tyrannical]. |
| 417 | where they are sorted, {seived}[sieved], and closely examined |
| 431 | one of the {principle}[principal] scenes |
| 436 | He trumpeted, staggered {foward}[forward], tripped |
| 436 | and there receiving {other}[another] two shots, |
| 451 | and the {Ethiopions}[Ethiopians] or Abyssinians |
| 453 | Bari of {Goudokoro}[Gondokoro] and the Waganda |
| 466 | palm-nut, rubber, {gum-opal}[gum-copal], orchilla, |
| 466 | crossing the {Epuator}[Equator] twice. |
| 467 | It is {densly}[densely] peopled and some of the |
| 468 | In many places it {constitues}[constitutes] the entire |
| 468 | is the {india}[India] rubber plant. |
| 473 | areas of the {maufacturing}[manufacturing] world. |
| 475 | classify them as an {indispensible}[indispensable] resource, |
| 478 | and {supplimenting}[supplementing] them with camels, |
| 480 | whose older right has been forfeited by {non-user}[non-use]. |
| 483 | strong {servicable}[serviceable] cotton cloth. |
| 485 | frequently sank to 64° {degrees }[]at night |
| 500 | set eyes on Lake {Baugweola}[Bangweola]. |
| 500 | weaving their {cotten}[cotton] or knitting |
| 501 | run clear even when {swoolen}[swollen]. |
| 503 | from Bangweola to {Casembe}[Cassembe] gave him |
| 508 | but often gets {disembowled}[disemboweled] in the attempt. |
| 511 | The {Manyuama}[Manyuema] on the left bank of the Lualaba, |
| 525 | the enterprising {merchantile}[mercantile] factor |
| 525 | to instil {}[in ]the dull mindless tribes the sacred germs |
| 527 | to the {wierd}[weird] adventures and sad fates of the school of |
| 527 | fair and {pernament}[permanent] participants, |
| 528 | {throughont}[throughout] the same extent, and Hamburg |
| 530 | now from the Nile, with its impenetrable {suds}[sudds], |
| 531 | {Moveover}[Moreover], it was one to which all could |
| 534 | the {the }[]graceful zebra occupied the foreground |
| 536 | surrounded by a comfortable {dwellings}[dwelling], |
| 538 | dreams of glory, wealth and {humantarian}[humanitarian] good. |
| 539 | liver shows a deadly {abcess}[abscess] |
| 539 | Then why did it not {effect}[affect] all alike? |
| 543 | sending them to a {sanatarium}[sanitarium] in the pine-woods |
| 544 | Yet there must be {engagment}[engagement] of body and mind, |
| 547 | such an article becomes an {indispensible}[indispensable] luxury |
| 554 | propagandist of a {a }[]faith, warrior for the sake |
| 554 | he had adaptation {superier}[superior] to that |
| 555 | commercial and {Christain}[Christian] England afterwards |
| 562 | the {Portugese}[Portuguese] have built a short railroad |
| 565 | and the church itself was well {equiped}[equipped] |
| 565 | Its {fomula}[formula] was calculated to impress |
| 566 | both church and state {contenanced}[countenanced] the crime |
| 566 | might have been easily {forseen}[foreseen]. |
| 566 | entire western and {on}[on a] great part of |
| 568 | the return of his dead {boby}[body] to Zanzibar, |
| 571 | felt the power of that {consecreted}[consecrated] life, |
| 578 | A band is forming in {Ayershire}[Ayrshire], Scotland, |
| 579 | {Mohammedianism}[Mohammedanism] and paganism of the negroes |
| 584 | singing hymns of {deliverence}[deliverance]. |
| 593 | directors of the {the }[]society were greatly perplexed, |
| 595 | COOMASSIE THE {CAPITOL}[CAPITAL] OF ASHANTI. |
| 607 | {Ferdando}[Fernando] Po is one of the most important islands |
| 608 | On the mainland opposite {Fenando}[Fernando] Po, |
| 615 | Mr. {Edgerley}[Edgerly] had told his tale, |
| 631 | The natives themselves {becomes}[become] in many cases messengers |
| 633 | They were {Revolutinary}[Revolutionary] patriots |
| 635 | he entered the {Brazillian}[Brazilian] country, |
| 650 | Robert {Shield}[Shields], a young missionary |
| 655 | writes that {}[the ]station has been nearly self-sustaining |
| 661 | leaving one {Kabindas}[Kabinda] with Dr. Summers |
| 663 | proceed with their big load to {Nhanguepeppo}[Nhanguepepo]. |
| 663 | many of whom {}[were ]from a distance of five |
| 674 | years of experience in {Massachusettes}[Massachusetts], |
| 676 | built for their {accomodation}[accommodation]. |
| 677 | much more rapidly and {acurately}[accurately] |
| 678 | almost as {dextrously}[dexterously] as I used to see |
| 678 | Some of them were greatly {interterested}[interested], |
| 685 | fitting up for school and chapel purposes {}[of ]the unfinished |
| 686 | bears from the {vernanda}[veranda] facing the street, |
| 686 | the brethren {perferring}[preferring] to do it themselves |
| 692 | We bought the {sight}[site] of the old capital, |
| 715 | {MOFFIT’S}[MOFFAT’S] COURAGE. |
| 722 | The {survivors}[survivor], Mr. Mackay, after being held |
| 725 | such of his own subjects {}[who ]opposed the missionaries |
| 735 | we reached a little {villiage}[village] in the forest |
| 741 | (Capt. {Coquilhart}[Coquilhat] says about twelve years old.) |
| 741 | crocodile seize his mother and drag her out {}[of ]the canoe. |
| 750 | new field for the {talant}[talent] and zeal of women. |
| 762 | pantomimic charges upon an {imaginery}[imaginary] enemy, |
| 764 | The {exhiliarating}[exhilarating] and ostentatious ceremony |
| 769 | (thirty to fifty cents) for one {foul}[fowl]. |
| 784 | But Great {Britian}[Britain] is not alone |
| 788 | Our delegation was {hostipably}[hospitably] entertained |
| 789 | narrow lanes of {dracoena}[dracæna] hedges |
| 790 | many {wonderous}[wondrous] things from Europe, |
| 798 | greater {psycological}[psychological] than of historic |
| 800 | devotion to doubtful duty, that statesmen {muss}[must] rely. |