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 .. . actual result, owing to geographicaldifficulties. Sir Bartle Frere proclaimed a relief expedition. Money was eagerlysubscribed throughout the United Kingdom, and the GeographicalSociety took the matter in hand for the nation. Lieutenants Dawson andHenn were selected as the leaders, from a candidates list of four hundredvolunteers. Mr. Oswald Livingstone went with them, but a powerful STANLE
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 .. . actual result, owing to geographicaldifficulties. Sir Bartle Frere proclaimed a relief expedition. Money was eagerlysubscribed throughout the United Kingdom, and the GeographicalSociety took the matter in hand for the nation. Lieutenants Dawson andHenn were selected as the leaders, from a candidates list of four hundredvolunteers. Mr. Oswald Livingstone went with them, but a powerful STANLEY HASTENING TO THE RESCUE. 281 rival had already been despatched, and his mission was almost unknowmat first. This great rival was Henry M. Stanley, who had a tourarranged for him in India, with instructions to swoop down on Zanzibarand find Livingstone. Stanley carried out his instructions, and arrived in January, 1871, atZanzibar, which he found to be a much more beautiful and fertile islandthan he had supposed. He soon introduced himself to Dr. Kirk, and,without delay, set about making the necessary preparations for his jour-ney. The great difficulty was to obtain information as to the amount of. mmmm EM^mM^^mm STANLEY ON THE MARCH. food, or rather the articles for purchasing it, which would be required forthe hundred men he proposed enlisting in his service. He had engaged at Jerusalem a Christian Arab boy named Selim, whowas to act as his interpreter, and he had also on the voyage attached tothe expedition two mates of merchantmen, Farquhar and Shaw, whowere very useful in constructing tents and arranging two boats and thepack-saddles and packages for the journey, but who proved in other re-spects very poor travellers. He also secured the services of that nowwell-known hero, Bombay, captain of Spekes faithfuls, and five of hisother followers, Uledi, Grants valet, and the blue-headed Mabruki, whOhad in the meantime lost one of his hands, but, notwithstanding, was. 282 WONDE
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