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 .. . they now reached, received them as before ina friendly way, and supplied them abundantly with provisions. The doc-tor left with him a number of plants, among which were orange, cashew,custard, apple, and fig-trees, with coffee, acacias, and papaws, which hehad brought from Loanda. They were planted out in the enclosure ofone of his principal men, with a promise that Shinti should have a sha
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 .. . they now reached, received them as before ina friendly way, and supplied them abundantly with provisions. The doc-tor left with him a number of plants, among which were orange, cashew,custard, apple, and fig-trees, with coffee, acacias, and papaws, which hehad brought from Loanda. They were planted out in the enclosure ofone of his principal men, with a promise that Shinti should have a shareof them when grown. They now again embarked in six small canoes on the waters of theLeeba. Paddling down it, they next entered the Leeambye. Here theyfound a party of hunters, who had been engaged in stalking buffaloes,hippopotami, and other animals. They use for this purpose the skin of adeer, with the horns attached, or else the head and upper part of the bodyof a crane, with which they creep through the grass till they can get nearenough to shoof their prey. The doctor, wishing to obtain some meat for his men, took a smallcanoe and paddled up a creek towards a herd of zebras seen on the (133) 134 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. Firing he broke the hind leg of one of them. His men pursued it, and,as he walked slowly after them, he observed a solitary buffalo, which hadbeen disturbed by others of his party, galloping towards him. The onlytree was a hundred yards off The doctor cocked his rifle in the hope ofstriking the brute on the forehead. The thought occurred to him, butwhat should his gun miss fire ? The animal came on at a tremendousspeed, but a small bush a short distance off made it swerve and expose itsshoulder. The doctor fired, and as he heard the ball crack, he fell flat onhis face. The buffalo bounded past him towards the water, near which itwas found dead. His Makololo blamed themselves for not having beenby his side, while he returned thanks to God for his pre
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