Ten years in Equatoria; . not reassuring. The fact even of the non-arrivalof the couriers augmented doubt and confirmed the opinion that weshould encounter probable peril. The conflict on the coast ofZanzibar, between the troops of the German Government and therebel Arabs, was still going on, and the territory to the south of thelake, even into the heart of Usagara, was at the mercy of theinsurgents. In consequence of these rumours, Mackay was earnest in dis-suading Stanley from ordering the immediate departure of thecaravan, and advised him to await the arrival of couriers with morepositive i
Ten years in Equatoria; . not reassuring. The fact even of the non-arrivalof the couriers augmented doubt and confirmed the opinion that weshould encounter probable peril. The conflict on the coast ofZanzibar, between the troops of the German Government and therebel Arabs, was still going on, and the territory to the south of thelake, even into the heart of Usagara, was at the mercy of theinsurgents. In consequence of these rumours, Mackay was earnest in dis-suading Stanley from ordering the immediate departure of thecaravan, and advised him to await the arrival of couriers with morepositive intelligence. But Stanley, pre-occupied by the difficultiesthat would certainly have arisen from this delay, and on the other 426 TEN YEARS IN EQUATORIA. side confiding in the armed force of the caravan, decided, afterhaving sent on a letter-bearer, to depart on the morning of the17th of September. The repose and comfort that we had enjoyed during our stay atthe jMission had strengthened our health; and the conviction that. NEGRO OF URIMA. the most difficult part of the journey was overcome, and that the wayto Zanzibar had been for a long time open to caravans, and thereforepresented nothing unknown, made every one feel convinced ofsafely reaching the end of our journey. On the march to Bagamoyo provisions could no longer be pro-cured by re(|uisition;j; they must be obtained by means of payment
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