Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition .. . as to require no bridge. Butthe Bornou army was hurried forward by its desire for plunder,and the safe paths through the lake were unknown to them;the assailed tribe, on the contrary, were thoroughly familiarwith the place, and could ride as rapidly and surely throughthe water as on land. The failure of this expedition, whichended in a disgraceful flight, prevented any farther attempt,at that time, at exploring the eastern shores of Lake Tchad. We have thus
Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition .. . as to require no bridge. Butthe Bornou army was hurried forward by its desire for plunder,and the safe paths through the lake were unknown to them;the assailed tribe, on the contrary, were thoroughly familiarwith the place, and could ride as rapidly and surely throughthe water as on land. The failure of this expedition, whichended in a disgraceful flight, prevented any farther attempt,at that time, at exploring the eastern shores of Lake Tchad. We have thus far followed the adventures of Major companions had not been inactive. Dr. Oudney and proceeded nearly due east from Kuka, their firstgoal being the ancient town of Kano. Before they reachedthis point, however. Dr. Oudney died, and was buried near thebanks of the Komadgu River. Proceeding unaccompanied by any of his own nation, butunder the protection and guidance of a caravan, Mr. Clapper-ton visited many different towns of Houssa, in which he wasreceived with much distinction j for it was rumored that the. mXERIOR OF AN ORIENTAL HAREM. 98 CLAPPERTON AND DENHAM. white man could, at will, convert men into asses, goats, ormonkeys; and that he could readily transform a handful ofdust into as much gold. The traveler, showing with whatdifficulty he obtained an ass for his own riding, and that hewas not possessed of an undue quantity of the precious metal,re-assured the frightened natives, who dreaded that such re-markable powers might be turned against them and theircountry. Having remained some little time in Kano, and become fa-miliar with the customs of the place, and particularly with themarket, Mr. Clapperton succeeded in securing the escort ofanother caravan, which was going as far as Sakati. This ap-peared to the traveler to be the most populous city which hehad seen in the interior of Africa; and one of the best-plan-ned and most substantially buil
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