From the Cape to Cairo; the first traverse of Africa from south to north . hand, he wascomparatively well. A note from Sharp informed me that the Portuguese ruffians of theGorongoza Development Co. had raided our camp when he was outshooting, had removed the whole concern, beaten, threatened to shoot,and eventually made prisoners of all our boys. This considerate proceeding they repeated with Mr. Illingworths party:needless to remark, our protests were received by the British Consul withthe diplomatic interest due to the subject, a request to formulate themon paper, and an intimation that the
From the Cape to Cairo; the first traverse of Africa from south to north . hand, he wascomparatively well. A note from Sharp informed me that the Portuguese ruffians of theGorongoza Development Co. had raided our camp when he was outshooting, had removed the whole concern, beaten, threatened to shoot,and eventually made prisoners of all our boys. This considerate proceeding they repeated with Mr. Illingworths party:needless to remark, our protests were received by the British Consul withthe diplomatic interest due to the subject, a request to formulate themon paper, and an intimation that the trouble would be superfluous, asnothing could be done. Having heard that another Portuguese official, who was reported tobe looking for me, was in the vicinity, I asked him to come to he refrained from arresting me, and asked me to stay withhim instead ; accordingly I returned with him to his station, and thefollowing morning marched into Fontesvilla and caught the train to Beira,where I found Sharp busy packing and sending oif the troj)hies. CHAPTER IV. THE ZAMBESI AXD SHIRE RIVERS HOUGH very loath to leave our happyhunting-grounds, we had to tear our-selves away and make preparations forthe long march north, so went down toDurban to lay in a few necessaries, anextra SOS or two in case of accidents,and to obtain the time and rate of ourchronometer from the observatory. On our return to Beira we embarkedon the Peters for Chinde, finding asfellow-passengers, the Congo Telegraph Expedition under Mr. Mohun—six white men, one hundred Zanzibaris, thirty donkeys, and a few cows,etc. These made a very crowded boat; however, luckily the weather wasfine, and we made the somewhat difficult harbour in safety, after bumpingon sundry sandbanks and rolling several hours outside the bar waiting forhigh water. To our horror, on disembarking the next day, we found that all ourheavy luggage, tents, etc., had been put on the wrong boat at Beira, andwere on their way to Delagoa
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