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 .. . country which is all that is leftto the warlike remnants of the once powerful Wakami tribe, theintrepid traveller entered the territory of the Wadoe, a people fullof traditions, who have always defended themselves bravely againstthe encroachments of neighbors and the invasions of marauders. Theregion they inhabit might well have been guarded hy them with jealouscourage. Speaking of it, Mr.
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 .. . country which is all that is leftto the warlike remnants of the once powerful Wakami tribe, theintrepid traveller entered the territory of the Wadoe, a people fullof traditions, who have always defended themselves bravely againstthe encroachments of neighbors and the invasions of marauders. Theregion they inhabit might well have been guarded hy them with jealouscourage. Speaking of it, Mr. Stanley says: It is in appearance amongst the mostpicturesque countries between the coast and Unyanyembe. Great conesshoot upward above the everlasting forests, tipped by the light fleecyclouds, through which the warm glowing sun darts its rays, bathing thewhole in a quickening radiance which brings out those globes of foliagethat rise in tier after tier along the hill-sides in rich and varied hueswhich would mock the most ambitious painters skill. From the wind-ing paths along the crest of ridges the traveller may look down overforest-clad slopes into the deep valleys, and across to other slopes as. LIFE AND METAMORPHOSIS OF THE DRAGON-FLY. a.—THE PERFECT INSECT. b. THE INSECT CASTING OFF ITS WOKN-OUT nymphs skin. C d.—LARV^ AND NYMPHS.(588) STANLEYS GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF AFRICA. 589 gayly clad, and other ridges where deep concentric folds tempt him to curious wanderings by their beauty and mystery and grandeur. But those lovely glades and queenly hills told saddest stories of cruel deeds and wrongs irreparable. It is the old story: envious evil eagerly invades with its polluting presence those sacred spots where all is loveliest; infernal malice mars with strange delight what is beautiful and pure. Cities Built by Insects. Further on the caravan passed through the thin forests adorned withmyriads of marvellous ant-hills, those wonderful specimens of engineer-ing talent a
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