Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition .. . e from the funds of the Hum-boldt Institution of Natural History and Travels; and in July,1868, he found himself once more on the soil of Africa. Instead of making the long voyage up the Nile, as Baker haddone, Schweinfurth decided to proceed to Khartoom fromSuez by way of Suakim and Berber. He made the journey ina leisurely way, reaching Berber October 7, and Khartoom onthe first of the following month. This was his real starting-point. It was not his inte
Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition .. . e from the funds of the Hum-boldt Institution of Natural History and Travels; and in July,1868, he found himself once more on the soil of Africa. Instead of making the long voyage up the Nile, as Baker haddone, Schweinfurth decided to proceed to Khartoom fromSuez by way of Suakim and Berber. He made the journey ina leisurely way, reaching Berber October 7, and Khartoom onthe first of the following month. This was his real starting-point. It was not his intention tofit out an expedition Avith native soldiers and porters, as he 225 226 SCHWEINFURTH IN THE HEART OF AFRICA. feared that such a party would be only a hindrance to hisplans; it would arouse the hostility of the native princes, andthe jealousy of the traders and merchants. He decided, there-fore, to attach himself to the train of the ivory merchants whocame to Khartoom; and while he would thus be confined tothe territory which they chose to visit, he considered that thiswould afford ample range for his botanical Dr. Georg A. Schweinfurth. The ivory merchants of this part of Africa have systematizedthe trade very thoroughly. They maintain a great number ofsettlements in districts as near the ivory countries as possible,the natives being brought into a state of complete subjection,and the country regularly portioned out among the variousmerchants. These depots are palisaded villages, called each one is an agent of the merchant in whose territory itis located; while a superintendent has general charge of thedistrict. These agents command the soldiers that the mer- - SCHWEINFURTH IN THE HEART OF AFRICA. 227 chant maintains for the defense of his goods, and impose taxesfor their support upon the subject natives; they decide thenumber of bearers which the natives must furnish when a dis-tant expedition is planned; carry on war or make peace withthe ch
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