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 .. . second day we fol-lowed a path leading inland but trending east. We followed this pathfor five days through a dense population. Every art known to nativeminds for molesting, impeding,and wounding an enemy was resorted to;but we passed through without the loss of a man. Perceiving that thepath was taking us too far from our course, we cut a northeasterlytrack, and reached the river again on
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 .. . second day we fol-lowed a path leading inland but trending east. We followed this pathfor five days through a dense population. Every art known to nativeminds for molesting, impeding,and wounding an enemy was resorted to;but we passed through without the loss of a man. Perceiving that thepath was taking us too far from our course, we cut a northeasterlytrack, and reached the river again on the 5th of July. From this dateuntil the i8th of October we followed the left bank of the Aruwimi. After seventeen days continuous marching we halted one day for the twenty-fourth day from Yambuya we lost two men by the month of July we made four halts only. On the ist of August 734 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. the first death occurred, which was from dysentery; so that for thirty-four days our course had been singularly successful. But as we nowentered a wilderness, which occupied us nine days in marching throughit, our sufferings began to multiply, and several deaths occurred. The. ABYSSINIAN FOOT SOLDIER, river at this time was of great use to us; our boat and several canoesrelieved the weary and sick of their loads, so that progress, though notbrilliant as during the first month, was still steady. On the 13th of August we arrived at Air-Sibba. The natives made a STANLEYS THRILLING NARRATIVE OF HIS JOURNEY. 735. bold front; we ]ost five men through poisoned arrows ; and to our greatgrief, Lieutenant Stairs was wounded just below the heart; but, thoughhe suffered greatly for nearly a month, he finally recovered. On the 15thMr. Jephson, in command of the land party, led his men inland, becameconfused, and lost his way. We were not re-united until the 21st. On the 25th of August we arrived in the district of Air-jeli. Oppositeour camp was the mouth of the tribut
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