. Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr. Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition ... THE CONGO FREE STATE AND RECENT EXPLORATIONS. 621 deens or Zulus. The Landeens threatened to desert after theyhad gone a short distance, and Kerr found that the secret oftheir dissatisfaction was that they had been pressed into hisservice by the strong arm of authority, and that they had beenpaid only half the amount of cloth which they had been prom-ised. Paying each man the balance that was due him, theEnglishman persuaded them to follow him still furth
. Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr. Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition ... THE CONGO FREE STATE AND RECENT EXPLORATIONS. 621 deens or Zulus. The Landeens threatened to desert after theyhad gone a short distance, and Kerr found that the secret oftheir dissatisfaction was that they had been pressed into hisservice by the strong arm of authority, and that they had beenpaid only half the amount of cloth which they had been prom-ised. Paying each man the balance that was due him, theEnglishman persuaded them to follow him still further; butall his arguments could not induce them to march in the day-time; it was so hot they said, and water was so scarce, thatthe marches must be made between heats. It was some timebefore he discovered the real reason for their wish to proceedin darkness:. Another Mode of River-Crossing. ** Emerging from the thicker bush, the party now entered asun-parched forest in which large sycamore trees were scatter-ed, and where prairie fires had swept away with an irresistiblestrength the thick undergrowth of rank grass. Hardly hadwe entered the forest when, quick as lightning, one of theLan-deen, who was ahead, turned round and caught me by theshoulders, pressing me to the ground as he uttered, in an ex-cited undertone: Ahantu! AhantuP The word was spoken with great emphasis. What couldbe the matter? What was going to happen? Where, in thedevils name, was that loiterer Misiri? I could not speak.
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