[3]The Bari are a negro race in the eastern Soudan, and are both agricultural and pastoral.
[4]Termites are white ants which grow to a very large size in Africa.
[5]The native name of the sweet potato.
[6]The statements in the “Life of Gordon” in this series of “Life Stories” are at variance with this. According to the former, Lieutenant Wilson left Khartoum by steamer to urge haste upon General Wolseley, who was coming to the rescue, but his vessel was wrecked and he was murdered by natives. The steamers which came in sight of Khartoum that morning and found it in possession of the Mahdi were bringing a part of the rescuing force, but finding it was too late, returned. As the German author’s statements in his “Life of Gordon” are confirmed by Sir William Butler, in his well-known “Life,” preference should be given to it.
[7]Verney L. Cameron was a distinguished Anglo-African explorer and the first to cross Africa from east to west.
Appendix
The following is a chronological statement of the most important events in the life of Emin Pasha:
| 1840 | Birth of Emin Pasha. |
| 1865 | Visits Turkey and professes Islamism. |
| 1876 | Explored the Nile up to Lake Albert. |
| 1878 | Made Pasha and Governor of the Equatorial Provinces. |
| 1883 | Cut off by the Mahdi. |
| 1889 | Stanley’s relief expedition. |
| 1890 | Return to the lakes in German service. |
| 1891 | Rebellion of his carriers. |
| 1892 | Killed by Arabs. |
LIFE STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Translated from the German by
GEORGE P. UPTON