Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition .. . f numerous masses of rockabove the water. The chief danger in crossing them, how-ever, arises from another cause. Between a wooded islandand the left-hand shore are two side-currents about fifty yardsbroad, formed by some little islands at their head; and as nopart of the rapids is shallow enough for the boats to be liftedacross them, the strength of the rowers has to be put to thetest by pulling against the full force of the stream. DR. HOLUB, THE AUSTRIAN
Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition .. . f numerous masses of rockabove the water. The chief danger in crossing them, how-ever, arises from another cause. Between a wooded islandand the left-hand shore are two side-currents about fifty yardsbroad, formed by some little islands at their head; and as nopart of the rapids is shallow enough for the boats to be liftedacross them, the strength of the rowers has to be put to thetest by pulling against the full force of the stream. DR. HOLUB, THE AUSTRIAN EXPLORER. 275 *The boat in which I was sitting happened to be the thirdin the order of procession. It carried my journals, all mybeads and cartridges, and the present intended for nativekings and chiefs. Like all my other boats, it was too heavilyladen, and not adequately manned. The second boat justahead of me carried my gunpowder, my medicines and provis-ions, and all the plants and insects that I had collected atShesheke, the bulk of my specimens having been left with West-beech to send back to Panda ma Tenka. Observing that the. Capsized in the Rapids. crew were experiencing the utmost difficulty in holding theirown against the current, I shouted to them to catch hold oftlie branches of some over-hanging trees: I was most anxiousto see them at least keep the bow in the right direction. Myvoice was lost in the roar of the waters. I could see that theoars of the men were slipping ofL the surface of the rock thatwas as smooth as a mirror, and that the men, although ob-viously aware of their peril, were paddling wildly and to nopurpose at all. My heart misgave me. Nothing could savethe boat; still I could not bring myself to believe that fatewas about to deal so hardly with me. I could not realize that18 276 DR. HOLUB, THE AUSTRIAN EXPLORER. just at the time that a threatening fever made me especiallyrequire my medicines, I was about to lose them all. Icould not face the conti
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