. Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr. Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition ... STANLEY CROSSES THE DARK CONTINENT. 577 rangements for a camp on the hard white sand of the river-bank. Glancing up, to his horror he saw the Crocodile, oneof the canoes, in mid-river, far below the point which they hadrounded, gliding with the speed of an arrow toward the fallsover the treacherous calm water. Human strength availednothing; he could but watch the vessel as she darted over thefall, bearing with her his boy Kalulu and four others. Theysaw i
. Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr. Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition ... STANLEY CROSSES THE DARK CONTINENT. 577 rangements for a camp on the hard white sand of the river-bank. Glancing up, to his horror he saw the Crocodile, oneof the canoes, in mid-river, far below the point which they hadrounded, gliding with the speed of an arrow toward the fallsover the treacherous calm water. Human strength availednothing; he could but watch the vessel as she darted over thefall, bearing with her his boy Kalulu and four others. Theysaw it whirled round three or four times, then plunged downinto the depths; out of which the stern presently emergedpointed upward; and then they knew that Kalulu and his ca-noe-mates were no Death of Kalulu. A second canoe darted by the horrified spectators, but almostby a miracle, shot over the falls, and was brought to land be-low, the two men in it escaping harm. A third canoe dartedpast them, having but one man in it; but he was less fortunatethan the others, and was whirled down to instant death. In remembrance of the victim who had been most intimatelyconnected with the leader, his body-servant Kalulu, the cata-ract was named Kalulu Falls. But Stanley himself was not toescape danger from the violence of the river. He had devised
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