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 .. . Khatalabu (Killer of his father), Mabruki (the Lit«tie), Baruti of Useguhha, and Ferahan had been killed. Gaug-ht in Ambush. I learned also that they had succeeded in capturing Wilyankuru in a;very short time, that Mirambo and his son were there, that as they suc-ceeded in effecting an entrance, Mirambo had collected his men, andafter leaving the village, had formed an ambush in the grass,
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 .. . Khatalabu (Killer of his father), Mabruki (the Lit«tie), Baruti of Useguhha, and Ferahan had been killed. Gaug-ht in Ambush. I learned also that they had succeeded in capturing Wilyankuru in a;very short time, that Mirambo and his son were there, that as they suc-ceeded in effecting an entrance, Mirambo had collected his men, andafter leaving the village, had formed an ambush in the grass, on eachside of the road, between Wilyankuru and Zimbizo, and that as the at-tacking party were returning home laden with over a hundred tusks ofivory, and sixty bales of cloth, and two or three hundred slaves, Mir-ambos men suddenly rose up on each side of them, and stabbed them-with their spears. The brave Soud had flred his double-barrelled, gun and shot two men,. STANLEYS HEROIC ACHIEVEMENTS. 301 and was in the act of loading again when a spear was launched, whichpenetrated through and through him; all the other Arabs shared thesame fate. This sudden attack from an enemy they believed to be con-. WEAPONS USED IN WARFARE. quered so demoralized the party that, dropping their spoil, each mantook to his heels, and after making a wide detour through the woods, re-turned to Zimbizo to repeat the dolorous tale. 302 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. The effect of this defeat is indescribable. It was impossible to sleep,from the shrieks of the women whose husbands had fallen. All nightthey howled their lamentations, and sometimes might be heard thegroans of the wounded who had contrived to crawl through the grass un-perceived by the enemy. Fugitives were continually coming in through-out the night, but none of my men who were reported to be dead, wereever heard of again. The next day was one of distrust, sorrow, and retreat; the Arabs ac-cused one another for urging war without expending all
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