Emin Pasha is a slight, dark man. He wears spectacles. In a short conversation which I had with him he told me he did not wish for any honors for what he had done. He simply desired to be employed again in the Khedive’s service.
I have given Captain Casati his letters. He looks well, but the hardships which he has undergone seem to have quite undermined his constitution.
All the other Europeans are well. We shall all proceed toward the coast the day after to-morrow.
Stanley, Emin and Casati were entertained at dinner last night in this camp by Baron Gravenreath. Speeches were made by the Baron and by Stanley. The Baron complimented Stanley, Emin and their companions on their march from Central Africa. Stanley responded, and praised German enterprise and civilizing abilities.
On the 1st of December the expedition reached Mbiki. The “Herald’s” despatch informed the world that its force had united with Stanley, and was then escorting him to Bagamoyo:
Mbiki, December 1.—Noon.
Stanley’s expedition, accompanied by the force sent out by the “Herald,” arrived here safely to-day. All the Europeans connected with the caravan are well with the exception of Stevens, the Commissioner of the New York Gift Enterprise, who has been struck down with fever, and lies in my tent very ill.
Stanley is bringing with him two hundred and eighty-six of Emin Pasha’s people. Many of these persons are aged, decrepit or sick, and they are all being carried down to the coast by Stanley’s Zanzibar men.
The troops and carriers in Stanley’s command elicit the unbounded admiration of every one. They are under the most perfect discipline, and when on the road march in that perfect order which could only be expected of a well-trained and well-provisioned army.
Acting under the orders of Major Wissmann, Lieutenant Schmidt and a few soldiers are accompanying us to the coast. It is their duty to slightly precede the main body on the march, and to make all preparations for camping comfortably at the various places selected for nightly halts.