Modern travel, a record of exploration, travel . wassafely reached. Three days march brought them to A TRAMP ACROSS THE SAHARA 111 the next well, Zmeila, but the mehariste had againto come to the rescue, for the stupid guide fell asleep onhis camel, and when brought to realise his responsibilitiesby a sharp application of Haywoods riding whip, de-clared that they were lost. After this the journey wasaccomplished to Ouargla. Between Ouargla and Touggourt there were wellsalmost every day, and except for the heat there wasnothing very trying in the marches compared with whathad gone before. Tougg
Modern travel, a record of exploration, travel . wassafely reached. Three days march brought them to A TRAMP ACROSS THE SAHARA 111 the next well, Zmeila, but the mehariste had againto come to the rescue, for the stupid guide fell asleep onhis camel, and when brought to realise his responsibilitiesby a sharp application of Haywoods riding whip, de-clared that they were lost. After this the journey wasaccomplished to Ouargla. Between Ouargla and Touggourt there were wellsalmost every day, and except for the heat there wasnothing very trying in the marches compared with whathad gone before. Touggourt is within touch of civilisa-tion, for tourists, or a few of the most enterprisingamong them, come here by the coach in the Biskra seasonand put up at the curious little hotel of which the placeboasts. Here the journey practically finished, at any rate sofar as the desert was concerned. [The information in this chapter has been derived fromCaptain Haywoods book, Through Timhuctu and Acrossthe Great Sahara, by kind permission of the author.]. «l CHAPTER IX THE HAUNTS OF SLAVERY It was in 1882 that Mr. Swann first planted his foot inZanzibar, then the greatest slave market in the of poor wretches were captured in the interiorof the continent and marched down to the coast to beshipped to the island and there sold as slaves almostunder the shadow of the British Consulate, so daringand so wily were the methods of the Arabs at thisprofitable game. The reasons for his being there werethese. The London Missionary Society had receiveda large donation from a supporter for the expresspurpose of commencing mission work around the greatLake Tanganyika. As the undertaking was certain tobe an expensive one it was decided to utilise the moreeconomical transport by water in order to get intocontact with the tribes living along a coast line of ninehundred to one thousand miles. The expedition was organised to enable the Societyto occupy these regions. Captain Hore, who comma
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