. The story of the rear column of the Emin Pasha relief expedition [microform] . Explorers; Birds; Insects; Explorateurs; Oiseaux; Insectes. DIARY. 113 with all her cargo. It was awfully cold, and rained nearly all day. The Stanley starts at 6 o'clock to-morrow morning. She only brought us one goat and some plantains. Hard lines, as the Major and I had been dreaming of her decks crowded with goats and chickens! I am sending my boy Matajabu back to Leopoldville, as he would only die on the road, not being strong enough to keep up witli us, and then the natives would get him. He is a great loss
. The story of the rear column of the Emin Pasha relief expedition [microform] . Explorers; Birds; Insects; Explorateurs; Oiseaux; Insectes. DIARY. 113 with all her cargo. It was awfully cold, and rained nearly all day. The Stanley starts at 6 o'clock to-morrow morning. She only brought us one goat and some plantains. Hard lines, as the Major and I had been dreaming of her decks crowded with goats and chickens! I am sending my boy Matajabu back to Leopoldville, as he would only die on the road, not being strong enough to keep up witli us, and then the natives would get him. He is a great loss to me, as not only was he a capital servant, but he could speak the language of the natives, and was our interpreter with them and the Zanzibaris, and he did all my bird-skinning. AvfJ^fst 17fh.âSettled down to our old work again. Started men to cut poles for a mess-house. Opened European provisions in order to give out three months* rations to Troup, Ward, and Bonny. Barttelot has sent three Zanzibaris in a canoe up to the Arab camp to find out who they are. We are now fairly cut off from the world. We have almost given up hope of Tippu- Tib's men, and are already talking about how vre shall employ our time until November. The Stanley left at 6 for Leopoldville. August l^th.âThe Zanzibaris returned with ten of the Arabs, who really are Tippu-Tib's men. Their head chief and two others came into the house, shook hands, and had a long palaver with Major Barttelot and myself. It appears that they were sent from the Falls by Tippu- Tib to collect men, but, as far as we know of their pro- ceedings, it looks far more like collecting slaves and ivory. They said that 700 men had started under vSlicik Rachid to come to us, but that upon arriving at a camp on Mr. Stanley's road, where he had left some mark, they had concluded that the whole Expedition had gone on, and had returned, now being encamped on some river between this and the Falls. This Sheik's name is Abdullah Coroni. p
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