A visit to Stanley's rear-guard at Major Barttelot's camp on the Aruhwimi with an account of the river-life on the Congo . i lit -•?ii ,1 - *.^ 4 fr ft --^fc r i ^ : if, %i, ??r ; ^i:«. : IT-;. ^:^ ^M:^.^4i^: .,,:...^.?^.. !??> ? FIRST NIGHT AT BOMA. 35 the Administrator ! It was now quite dark, and ittook me about half an hour to find my way out ofthis muddle—when, having got hold of a native toshow me the main road, I at last found the Sana-torium. Here I saw the Administrator-General,who, after laughing at the state I was in, gave meinstructions to proceed by the first boat to
A visit to Stanley's rear-guard at Major Barttelot's camp on the Aruhwimi with an account of the river-life on the Congo . i lit -•?ii ,1 - *.^ 4 fr ft --^fc r i ^ : if, %i, ??r ; ^i:«. : IT-;. ^:^ ^M:^.^4i^: .,,:...^.?^.. !??> ? FIRST NIGHT AT BOMA. 35 the Administrator ! It was now quite dark, and ittook me about half an hour to find my way out ofthis muddle—when, having got hold of a native toshow me the main road, I at last found the Sana-torium. Here I saw the Administrator-General,who, after laughing at the state I was in, gave meinstructions to proceed by the first boat to Vivi,where I was to be fitted out with tent, &c., for thejourney to Leopoldville, as I had been apjDointed toa steamer on the Upper Congo. I got back to the station somehow, and foundmyself just in time for dinner, which consistedchiefly of goat-soup, goats meat, and (tinned) pota-toes. After dinner, Portuguese wine and Schiedam(Dutch trade-gin) were brought in ; and it was3 before the party finally broke up. I wasshown a room and a mattress, which, as the stationwas very full, I was to share with another gentle-man. My baggage was all on board the fl
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