. In darkest Africa; or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria . herefore must be shown, and every meansavailable for their assistance must be employed. There-fore, the boat keeping pace with the column, wetravelled up-stream until 3 and camped. On the 5th the boat and column moved up, as onthe day previous, and made six-and-half miles. Theriver continued to be from 500 to 800 yards wide. Thebank was a trifle more open than in the interior,though frequently it was impossible to move beforean impenetrable mass of jungle had been tunnelled toallow our passage under t
. In darkest Africa; or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria . herefore must be shown, and every meansavailable for their assistance must be employed. There-fore, the boat keeping pace with the column, wetravelled up-stream until 3 and camped. On the 5th the boat and column moved up, as onthe day previous, and made six-and-half miles. Theriver continued to be from 500 to 800 yards wide. Thebank was a trifle more open than in the interior,though frequently it was impossible to move beforean impenetrable mass of jungle had been tunnelled toallow our passage under the vault of close network ofbranch and climber, cane, and reed above. At wereached the village of Bukanda. We had come acrossno track, but had simply burst out of the bush and asomewhat young forest with a clearing. In the middleof the clearing by the river side was the village. Thisfact made me think, and it suggested that if tracks werenot discoverable by land, and as the people were notknown to possess the power of aerial locomotion, thatcommunication was maintained by Bukanda THE VILLAGE OF THE BUKANDA. 149 We had reason to rejoice at the discovery of a village, since the 2nd the caravan subsisted on such tubers _^y ^•of manioc as each man took with him on that another day passed without meeting with aclearing we should have suffered from hunger. It was evening before the boat appeared, the passage ofrapids and an adventure with a flotilla of eleven canoeshad detained her. The canoes had been abandoned inconsequence, and the commander of the boat had securedthem to an island. One was reported to be a capacioushollow log, capable of carrying nearly as much as theboat. Since the river was the highway of the natives,we should be wise to employ the stream, by which weshould save our men, and carry our sick as well as areserve of food. For we had been narrowly brought tothe verge of want on the last day, and we were utterstrangers in a strange la
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