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 .. . e, has it an outlet, and, if so, where is that outlet ?—such are some of the questions propounded, but not answered, by thegreat explorer, as he bides his time for an opportunity to go and see thegreat rivers reported to intersect Manyuema, that unknown country ofwhich little more than rumors had then reached even the Arab traders ofUjiji. TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS AND NARROW ESCAPES. 257 Present
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 .. . e, has it an outlet, and, if so, where is that outlet ?—such are some of the questions propounded, but not answered, by thegreat explorer, as he bides his time for an opportunity to go and see thegreat rivers reported to intersect Manyuema, that unknown country ofwhich little more than rumors had then reached even the Arab traders ofUjiji. TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS AND NARROW ESCAPES. 257 Presently came rumors of vast herds of elephants in Manyuema, andof a sturdy race of blacks differing essentially from any of those yet metwith. A horde of Arabs determined to go and test the truth of thesereports. The dangers incident to elephant hunting in all this part of Africa arevividly seen in the following narrative, related by a member of a huntingparty who was a participant in the perilous sport: We had bagged a good many birds, when a beautiful little gazellecame bounding across our path. It put me in mind of an Italian grey-hound, only it had a longer neck and was somewhat larger. I was quite. HUNTER ATTACKED BY A BULL ELEPHANT. sorry when Chickango (a native connected with our party), firing, knockedit over. It was, however, a welcome addition to our game bag. Hecalled it Ncheri. It was the most elegant little creature I met with inAfrica among the numberless beautiful animals which abound in the re-gions we passed through. We were at the time proceeding along the foot of a hill. Scarcelyhad he fired, when a loud trumpeting was heard, and directly afterwardswe saw a negro rushing through the underwood, followed by a huge ele-phant. Up! up the hill! cried Chickango, suiting the action to theword. I followed, for as we were wishing to kill birds alone, my gun wasloaded only with small shot. The elephant made towards us. The negro 17 258 \ WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. stranger
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