. Europe in Africa in the nineteenth century . me friction with Stanley on their march to Stanley Pool;Stanley having called him to order, probably with some per-emptoriness, for some inattention to discipline, for Stanleywas undoubtedly peremptory both by nature and policy. Ifhe was to be a leader it was necessary that all under himshould know it and acknowledge it, early in their inter-course. So Barttelot seems to have determined with asort of dogged perversity that he should not be accusedagain of disobeying orders. He would, as the sailors sayingis, Obey orders and break owners. His order
. Europe in Africa in the nineteenth century . me friction with Stanley on their march to Stanley Pool;Stanley having called him to order, probably with some per-emptoriness, for some inattention to discipline, for Stanleywas undoubtedly peremptory both by nature and policy. Ifhe was to be a leader it was necessary that all under himshould know it and acknowledge it, early in their inter-course. So Barttelot seems to have determined with asort of dogged perversity that he should not be accusedagain of disobeying orders. He would, as the sailors sayingis, Obey orders and break owners. His orders as heunderstood them had said : Come on when you get TippuTibs men, — and he was going to wait for them. He hadalso been told that the stores destined for Emin were tobe kept for him with the greatest care, — therefore men,black or white, might die, but nothing should be taken from 11 I taiaiii,^/ Illllllil! ?llllll ?., 11,1 ,iii!,iililil| I liMilfi:1i|!!il*^IMi ? |;|?i?6. 1, i I ? llllll * I V |i|l I ? I ?! I ii, J,-. 1 . l|i I il ? .,!;: ,!i;Vl| ,.,I ??, ?? ? ,?, I^ihIii.; Ml lif 11* hi TIPPU TIB. DARKES T AFRICA. 17 5 those boxes. Bonny said when first recounting the disasterof the Rear Column at Fort Bodo : Oh ! Barttelot was offhis head ! The same excuse may be offered I think forother autocrats mentioned in history, who without sufferingthe effects of African fever have become at least semi-insane under the pressure of the possession of absolutepower. For months Barttelot and his officers were kept con-stantly travelling up and down the Congo on fruitlesserrands. Now to Stanley Falls, now to Katonga, two hun-dred miles south of the Falls, upon the river, in a vainattempt to hurry up Tippu; now down the Congo tosend or receive telegrams from the Central Committee ofthe Relief Expedition in London. Ward was the man mostemployed in these later expeditions ; he made some remark-able journeys on the Congo in canoes. But Barttelot, forno visible reas
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