. In darkest Africa; or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria . , turning my eyes in thatdirection, they were met by the gratifying sight of afairly varied scene of pasture-land and forest, of levelchampaigns and grassy slopes of valleys and hills,rocky knolls and softly rounded eminences, a veritable land of hills and valleys, that drinketh the rain ofheaven. That the open country was well watered was OUTSKIRTS OF THE FOREST. 281 Bakwura indicated by the many irregular lines of woods which the courses of the streams, and by the clumps of ^®^ ^^•trees, whos
. In darkest Africa; or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria . , turning my eyes in thatdirection, they were met by the gratifying sight of afairly varied scene of pasture-land and forest, of levelchampaigns and grassy slopes of valleys and hills,rocky knolls and softly rounded eminences, a veritable land of hills and valleys, that drinketh the rain ofheaven. That the open country was well watered was OUTSKIRTS OF THE FOREST. 281 Bakwura indicated by the many irregular lines of woods which the courses of the streams, and by the clumps of ^®^ ^^•trees, whose crowns just rose above their sloping great forest in which we had been so long buried,and whose limits were in view, appeared to continue in-tact and unbroken to the , but to the E. of it wasan altogether different region of grassy meads and plainsand hills, freely sprinkled with groves, clusters, and thinlines of trees up to certain ranges of hills that boundedthe vision, and at whose base I knew must be the goalwhither we had for months desired to reach. w»&. ^^.^ VIEW OF MOUNT PISGAH FROM THE EASTWAUD. This, then, was the long promised view and the longexpected exit out of gloom ! Therefore I called the tallpeak terminating the forested ridge, of which the spuiwhereon we stood was a part, and that rose two miles us to a height of 4600 feet above the sea, Pisgah,—Mount Pisgah,—because, after 156 days of twilight inthe primeval forest, we had first viewed the desiredpasturelands of Equatoria. The men crowded up the slope eagerly with inquiringopen-eyed looks, which, before they worded their thoughts,we knew meant Is it true ? Is it no hoax ? Can it !)e 282 IN DABKEST AFRICA, 1887. possible tliat we are near the end of tliis forest hell ?Nov. 30. pijgy were convinced themselves in a few moments afterthey had dropped their burdens, and regarded the viewwith wondering and delighted surprise. Aye, friends, it is true. By the mercy of God we arewell nig
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