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 .. . esting, quarreling, added to the murdering propensitiesof these children of nature was painful in the extreme. The chief and his followers, agreeing that the object of Livingstonesproposed expedition to the west was most desirable, took great pains toassist him in the undertaking. A band of twenty-seven men was ap-pointed to accompany him by the chiefs command, whose eager desirewas to obta
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 .. . esting, quarreling, added to the murdering propensitiesof these children of nature was painful in the extreme. The chief and his followers, agreeing that the object of Livingstonesproposed expedition to the west was most desirable, took great pains toassist him in the undertaking. A band of twenty-seven men was ap-pointed to accompany him by the chiefs command, whose eager desirewas to obtain a free and profitable trade with the white men, and this,Livingstone was convinced, was likely to lead to their ultimate elevationand improvement. Three men whom-he had brought from Kurumanhaving suffered greatly from fever, he sent them back with Fleming, atrader, who had followed his footsteps. His new attendants he namedZambesians, for there were only two Makololo men—the rest consistingof Barotse, Batoka, and other tribes. His wagon and remaining goodshe committed to the charge of the Makololo, who took ^11 the articles-into their huts. He carried only a rifle and a double-barrelled smooth-. (115) 116 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. bore gun for himself, and gave three muskets to his people, by means ofwhich he hoped game might be obtained for their support. Wishing also to save his followers from having to carry heavy loads,he took for his own support but a few biscuits and a pound of tea andsugar, about twenty of coffee, a small tin canister with some spare shirting,trousers, and shoes, another for medicines, and a third for books, while afourth contained a magic lantern. His ammunition was distributed inportions among the whole luggage, that, should an accident occur to one,the rest might be preserved. His camp equipage consisted of a gipsytent, a sheep-skin mantle, and a horse-rug as a bed, as he had alwaysfound that the chief art of successful travelling consisted in taki
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