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 .. . formed a boma at each end of the street, and thenwe were a little better off, for it was not such rapid, random shooting; wefired more deliberately, and after several hours drove them off. But they soon came back and fought us all that night, so that wecould get no water, until our captaifi—oh ! he was a brave man, he was alion!—held up a shield before him, and looking around, he just ranst
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 .. . formed a boma at each end of the street, and thenwe were a little better off, for it was not such rapid, random shooting; wefired more deliberately, and after several hours drove them off. But they soon came back and fought us all that night, so that wecould get no water, until our captaifi—oh ! he was a brave man, he was alion!—held up a shield before him, and looking around, he just ranstraight where the crowd was thickest; and he seized two of the dwarfs,and we who followed him caught several more, for they would not runaway until they saw what our design was, and then they left the waterclear. We filled our pots and carried the little Shaitans (devils) into theboma; and there we found that we had caught the king. We wanted tokill him, but our captain said no, kill the others and toss their heads overthe wall; but the king was not touched, Then the dwarfs wanted to make peace,but they were on us again in themiddle of the night, and their arrows sounded twit/ twit in all direc-. (404) STANLEYS PERILS IN CROSSING AFRICA. 405 tions. At last we ran away, throwing down everything but our gunsand swords. But many of our men were so weak by hunger and thirstthat they burst their hearts running, and died. Others lying down torest found the little devils close to them when too late, and were of our great number of people only thirty returned alive, and I amone of them. Stanlfey listened with rapt attention to the recital of this wonderfulstory, and at its conclusion he said: Ah! good. Did you see any-thing else very wonderful on your journey? Oh yes! There are monstrous boa-constrictors in the forest ofUregga, suspended by their tails to the branches, waiting for the passer-by or for a stray antelope. The ants in that forest are not to be ca
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