. In darkest Africa; or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria . 16th CenturyThe Niles Sources according to Geographers op the17th Centuries Map op the Nile Basin, 1819Mountains op the Moon—Massoudi, 11th CenturyMap op Nile Basin to-day from the Mediterkansan to op Ruwenzori from Bakokoro Western ConesThe Little Salt Lake at Katwe ....Section op a House near Lake Albert Nyanza A Village in Ankori Expedition Climbing the Rock in the Valley of AnkowMusical Instruments op the Balbgga .A Hot Spring, Mtagata ....Lake Urigi Lat, 16th and Facingpage 185 ? The Sketc
. In darkest Africa; or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria . 16th CenturyThe Niles Sources according to Geographers op the17th Centuries Map op the Nile Basin, 1819Mountains op the Moon—Massoudi, 11th CenturyMap op Nile Basin to-day from the Mediterkansan to op Ruwenzori from Bakokoro Western ConesThe Little Salt Lake at Katwe ....Section op a House near Lake Albert Nyanza A Village in Ankori Expedition Climbing the Rock in the Valley of AnkowMusical Instruments op the Balbgga .A Hot Spring, Mtagata ....Lake Urigi Lat, 16th and Facingpage 185 ? The Sketch Maps on pages 293 to 308 inclusive are from tracings from ancient booksla the Khedives library at Cairo. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. xiii . Facing page View from Mackays Mission, IjAkk Victoria ..... 42S Rock Hills, Usambiro 437 House and Balcony from which Emin Fell 454 Sketch of Casket containing the Freedom of .the City of London . 488 Skktch of Casket, the Gift of King Leopold 489 MAP k Map of the Route of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition through Africa At end of volume VOLUME I. IN DAKKEST AFRICA. PREFATORY LETTER. My dear Sir William, I have great pleasure in dedicating this book to professes to be the Official Report to yourself and theEmin Relief Committee of what we have experiencedand endured during our mission of Relief, which cir-cumstances altered into that of Rescue. You mayaccept it as a truthful record of the journeyings of theExpedition which you and the Emin Relief Committeeentrusted to my guidance. I regret that I was not able to accomplish all that Iburned to do when I set out from England in January,1887, but the total collapse of the Government ofEquatoria thrust upon us the duty of conveying inhammocks so many aged and sick people, and protectingso many helpless and feeble folk, that we became trans-formed from a small fighting column of tried men intoa mere Hospital Corps to whom active adventure wasdenied. The Governor was half blind and possessed
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