Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . and their grass roofs stretched down tothe ground all round, except where a porch was formed over the frames were made of light reed wickerwork and supported by nu-merous poles. Inside, the huts were not exactly inviting ; they weredivided into two compartments, the floors of which were covered withhay, and infested by innumerable mice, cock-roaches, crickets, ^d ut
Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . and their grass roofs stretched down tothe ground all round, except where a porch was formed over the frames were made of light reed wickerwork and supported by nu-merous poles. Inside, the huts were not exactly inviting ; they weredivided into two compartments, the floors of which were covered withhay, and infested by innumerable mice, cock-roaches, crickets, ^d utensils were not numerous, for the inhabitants had fledbefore us, taking all their treasures with them. Handsome Young Chief. We halted at Kitongali, in one of these clearings, where I was fortu-nate enough to obtain three huts for myself, my people, and my belong-ings. Here I had the pleasure of a visit from the village chief, a good-looking young man, whose father is Kabregas confidant. He madequite an imposing figure, being clad in thin white skins, over which hunga reddish-brown loose robe; his servant bore after him a double-barrelled sporting-gun. The usual presents having been exchanged, he U. CHIRPING CRICKET. (690^ EMIN PASHA IN THE WILDS OF AFRICA. 691 sent a messenger to Kabrega to apprise him of my approach, for thenext day we expected to reach our destination. If, however, I under-stand African ceremonials rightly, many a day will still pass before Ireach Kabregas, although we are quite near to his residence. It is always uncomfortable to travel during the rainy season, becauseyou are never master of the situation, which, indeed, leaving the rain outof question, is rarely the case. From midnight the thunder rolled on allsides, thick fog enveloped the country, and it rained as if it were abso-lutely necessary for the clouds to rid themselves of their whole contentsthat day. Of course, it was no good thinking of further progress in suchweather; and to make matters wor
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