The story of Africa and its explorers . to accumulate stores for the THE 8T0BY OF AFRICA. expedition on its return ; or, for a rear-guardwhich he left here to march eastward, ifnecessary, for the rehef of the advanced por-tion of the expedition. This camp he putunder the charge of Major Barttelot, withMr. Jameson, the naturahst of the expedition,as second in command, 80 men constitutingits garrison. Here also Messrs. Troup, Ward,and Bonny were to remain after their arrivalfrom Stanley Pool and Bolobo, where they werein charsfe of 131 men and some 600 loads of permit. If Tippoo Tib arrived with
The story of Africa and its explorers . to accumulate stores for the THE 8T0BY OF AFRICA. expedition on its return ; or, for a rear-guardwhich he left here to march eastward, ifnecessary, for the rehef of the advanced por-tion of the expedition. This camp he putunder the charge of Major Barttelot, withMr. Jameson, the naturahst of the expedition,as second in command, 80 men constitutingits garrison. Here also Messrs. Troup, Ward,and Bonny were to remain after their arrivalfrom Stanley Pool and Bolobo, where they werein charsfe of 131 men and some 600 loads of permit. If Tippoo Tib arrived with his bandof porters, this duty would be comparativelylight. If he did not, then the rear-guard wasto proceed by double or treble stages untilit met the advance column returning fromAlbert Nyanza. A certain lack of foresightin drafting these instructions, and a lament-able want of judgment in their interpretation,led to one of the most serious disasterswhich the expedition had to suffer; but ofthis we shall have more to say farther THE EMIN PASHA BELIEF EXPEDITION LEAVING MATADI, ON THE CONGO, WITH TIPPOO TIB AND HIS WIVES. {From a Sketch hy 3Ir. Herbert Ward.) goods stored for convenience sake at Leopold-ville. Major Barttelots instructions, which infuture days gave rise to much acrid eontro-vers}-, were, in general terms, to remain atYambuya until the contingent from Bolobohad arrived—that is, about the middle ofAugust—after which he was to organise therear column and march on the track of theparty ahead as fast as circumstances would From Yam-buya east-ward. On the 28th of June, the advance column,consisting of 380 men, set out from Yambuyaeastward through the dense foreststhat cover to the extent of400,000 square miles ^ the westernside of tropical Africa, For five and a. halfmonths, following almost continually thecourse of the Aruwhimi river, they marched * Stanley, Har-jjers llagazme, April, 1893, p. 616. SKIRMISHES WITH THE SAVAGES. 33 through one continuous pri
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