Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . the other side, undamaged by the water, thanthe rain poured down in torrents that drenched them all, as if they hadbeen dragged through the river. To proceed through the swamp whichan hours rain had formed was utterly out of the question. We wereaccordingly compelled to camp in a place where every hour furnished itsquota of annoyance. One of the Wangwana soldiers engaged at Bagamoyo, named
Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . the other side, undamaged by the water, thanthe rain poured down in torrents that drenched them all, as if they hadbeen dragged through the river. To proceed through the swamp whichan hours rain had formed was utterly out of the question. We wereaccordingly compelled to camp in a place where every hour furnished itsquota of annoyance. One of the Wangwana soldiers engaged at Bagamoyo, named Kingaru,improved an opportunity to desert with another mans kit. My twodetectives, Uledi (Grants valet), and Sarmean, were immediately de-spatched in pursuit, both being armed with American went about their task with an adroitness and celerity which auguredwell for their success. In an hour they returned with the runaway, havingfound him hidden in the house of a chief called Kigondo, who livedabout a mile from the eastern bank of the river, and who had accom- STANLEY HASTENING TO THE RESCUE. 295 panied Uledi and Sarmean to receive his reward, and render an accountof the Kigondo said, when he had been seated, I saw this man carrying abundle, and running hard, by which I knew that he was deserting you. 29(5 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. We (my wife and I) were sitting in our little watch-hut, watching ourcorn ; and, as the road runs close by, this man was obliged to come closeto us. We called to him when he was near, saying, * Master, where areyou going so fast ? Are you deserting the Musungu, for we know youbelong to him, since you bought from us yesterday two doti worth ofmeat ? Yes, said he, * I am running away; I want to get to you will take me there, I will give you a doti. We said to him then, * Come into our house, and we will talk it overquietly. When he was in our house in an inner room, we locked himup, and went out again to the w
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