Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition .. . Makalakas provedutterly treacherous; for while they professed allegiance toSekhomo, they secretly sent word to Khame that theywould hold themselves in readiness to welcome him atthe Shoshong pass. Khames attack was so sudden thatSekhomos men were completely demoralized; and beforethey had time to recover themselves and begin a retreat,Khame led his men to where the Makalakas were post-ed. These soldiers of fortune thought that Khame had beenworsted and turn
Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition .. . Makalakas provedutterly treacherous; for while they professed allegiance toSekhomo, they secretly sent word to Khame that theywould hold themselves in readiness to welcome him atthe Shoshong pass. Khames attack was so sudden thatSekhomos men were completely demoralized; and beforethey had time to recover themselves and begin a retreat,Khame led his men to where the Makalakas were post-ed. These soldiers of fortune thought that Khame had beenworsted and turned their weapons upon him in behalfof Sekhomo, whom they had voluntarily offered to men discharged a single volley at these utterlyunscrupulous traitors, and then rushed at them, and felledthem with clubbed muskets. Khame was restored to the royalpower; his exiled followers returned with him; and he set towork to root out many evils which had been tolerated by hisfather. His great reform was the prohibition of the sale ofof brandy, a regulation which in Africa as well as elsewherestruck at the root of nianv DR. HOLUB, THE AUSTRIAJS^ EXPLORER. 267 Khame gave the traveler a guide northward to the great saltlakes, or to the Zambesi, should he desire to go so far; andfurthered his journey in every possible way. Under thisnatives guidance, the way was free from adventure of anunpleasant kind. The country through which they passed,however, was not free from danger; an extract from hissecond volume will give an idea of the kinds of game withwhich they fell in: On our Avay we passed a tree, the bark of which was tornin a way which showed that it had been used by lions forsharpening their claws; the boughs of the tree were wide-spreading, branching out like a candelabrum, and formingwhat struck me as a convenient perch. Here I resolved tokeep a long watch of ten or twelve hours. I was determinedif I could to see the lions for myself. Accordingly, just beforesun
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