. The story of the rear column of the Emin Pasha relief expedition [microform] . Explorers; Birds; Insects; Explorateurs; Oiseaux; Insectes. EXTRACT FROM LETTER. 31 reach loiir's stick, after -reat )ing a canoes 'day. I Lcl get At the lit on of it since nakes iiing, " 8 The ('amp, Leopoldvillc.—I arrived liere safelv a few lioiirs ago; the canoes turned up at noon. The fever has quite left me. ... A moment ago a perfect tornado of ihunder, lightning, rain, and wind came on, and I had to jump up and make the tent riu'ht. Thank ]Ieaven, I am not on that sandbank! 'i'lu' natives here se
. The story of the rear column of the Emin Pasha relief expedition [microform] . Explorers; Birds; Insects; Explorateurs; Oiseaux; Insectes. EXTRACT FROM LETTER. 31 reach loiir's stick, after -reat )ing a canoes 'day. I Lcl get At the lit on of it since nakes iiing, " 8 The ('amp, Leopoldvillc.—I arrived liere safelv a few lioiirs ago; the canoes turned up at noon. The fever has quite left me. ... A moment ago a perfect tornado of ihunder, lightning, rain, and wind came on, and I had to jump up and make the tent riu'ht. Thank ]Ieaven, I am not on that sandbank! 'i'lu' natives here seem very much like those of the ^Mashona country. They have the same kind of * pianos' *, and there is a great similarity of language, jhut thev are not nearly so far advanced in agriculture. The Uangalas who were with me in the canoe came froni liigher up the river, and are the people whom Stanlev fought. They have never forgiven him for killing the brother of their chief. TJiey are cannibals, and file all their teeth into points. They told me that one of their chiefs, who was very rich, is nov/ quite poor from buying nice, fat, young women to eat; this I know to be a fact. The price of one is from three to fonr hundred kantakas (short brass rods, which are the money of the country). They eat all those whom they kill in battle. They remove the inside, stuff them with bananas, and roast them whole over a big fire. I can believe anything of them from the little I have had to do with them. The Pool is full of lovely birds, many of which 1 know to be very rare. A^'e have all had one or two rather disagreeable moments wdtli Mr. Stanley, bnt I think they are over for the present. I cannot help admiring him immensely for his great strength of will and power of overcoming difficulties ; but there are some points in his character which I cannot admire. I will give you an instance. One day, whilst talking to Dr. Parke, he told him that he hacl heard that two of the boxes of provisions
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