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 .. . ckenpeople fled on all sides, many of them dashing into the river that flowedclose by, or cHmbing into boats that filled and sank with the numbersthat crowded into them. The market-place was strewn with the deadand dying, and with the confused heaps of merchandise which had beendropped or thrown down in the flight, while the murderous scoundrels<:ontinued firing so long as the^ could see
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 .. . ckenpeople fled on all sides, many of them dashing into the river that flowedclose by, or cHmbing into boats that filled and sank with the numbersthat crowded into them. The market-place was strewn with the deadand dying, and with the confused heaps of merchandise which had beendropped or thrown down in the flight, while the murderous scoundrels<:ontinued firing so long as the^ could see a victim to aim at. 264 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. Livingstone believed that five hundred Hves were sacrificed in thisunprovoked massacre. The object was to strike terror into thehearts of the inhabitants, and show them the irresistible power of thegun. The result was that the country became too hot to hold the mur-derers. Having rested at Bambarre until November, Livingstone resolved togo west to the Lualaba, and buy a canoe for its exploration. Travellingwas very difficult, as it was now the rainy season; and the attitude of thenatives became so threatening that after penetrating to within ten miles. MARKET IN MANYUEMA. of the Lualaba he was compelled to turn back and return to the end of December he set out with Mohammeds ivory party„hoping to reach another part of the Lualaba, and thus carry out his origi-nal scheme. The route pursued was due north, and was followed forabout a month; but rheumatism and \yeakness, accompanied by a chol-eraic complaint, drove him back, and in February, 1870, he went intowinter quarters at Mamohela, a town some distance north of Bambarre^which the Arabs had made their chief depot. Here he remained severalmonths, regaining strength, and making preparations for further explor-rations and discoveries. TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS AND NARROW ESCAPES. 265- In June a third attempt was made to reach Lualaba, which proved evenmore disastrous t
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