Though much has been done since Livingstone’s time to fill up the blanks of Central Africa’s physical geography, no expedition has ever returned with a richer harvest of discoveries than Stanley’s last. The almost impenetrable forest of the Aruwimi, probably the largest of African forests—extending over four hundred miles of latitude and longitude—with a dense jungle in all stages of decay, resounding with the murmurs of monkeys and chimpanzees, strange noises of birds and animals, and the crashes of troops of elephants rushing through the dark and tangled copse, is an obstacle that, once surmounted, gives us the hydrography of the greatest lake-system of the globe, adds to the giant mountains of geography the stately and snow-clad Ruwenzori, whose rocky peak towers eighteen or nineteen thousand feet above sea-level, and to the lakes the Albert Edward Nyanza, whence issues the mysterious stream which fertilizes Egypt and makes the valley of the Nile the most marvellous seat of human culture, art and science.
In Stanley’s Story the reader has presented a most thrilling narrative of the terrible experiences encountered, as well as a graphic account of these wonderful discoveries and the amazing achievements accomplished by Mr. Stanley during his career in Africa. The subject—one of unparalleled interest—is presented in the characteristic style of the writer, from thoroughly reliable information, data, and the official reports of Mr. Stanley himself. It favorably commends itself to every lover of geographical science, as well as to the admirer of the marvellous in life and nature. It has been prepared in a popular form, and at a price much lower than books of like character and value, and very much lower than others which claim to give the story of Stanley in Africa, but are simply compilations from the writings of the different explorers who have in times past essayed to traverse its vast interior, and failed. Stanley, however, has not failed. Fate has decreed otherwise. His story has been told. It is the only authentic story, as recorded in these pages, and the reader will find it not only interesting but highly entertaining and thoroughly instructive throughout.
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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] |
