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 .. . ,.Mahagi, and Mswa, a line of communication along the Nyanza and Nileabout one hundred and eighty miles in length. In the interior west ofthe Nile he retains three or four small stations—fourteen in all. Besidesthese two battallions he has quite a respectable force of irregulars, sailors,artisans, clerks, servants. Altogether, he said, if I consent to goaway from here we shall have about ei
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 .. . ,.Mahagi, and Mswa, a line of communication along the Nyanza and Nileabout one hundred and eighty miles in length. In the interior west ofthe Nile he retains three or four small stations—fourteen in all. Besidesthese two battallions he has quite a respectable force of irregulars, sailors,artisans, clerks, servants. Altogether, he said, if I consent to goaway from here we shall have about eight thousand people with us. , Were I in your place I would not hesitate one moment or be asecond in doubt what to do. What you say is quite true, but we have such a large number ofwomen and children, probably ten thousand people altogether. Howcan they all be brought out of here ? We shall want a great number ofcarriers, Carriers ! carriers for what, I asked. STANLEY FINDS EMIN PASHA. 749 For the women and children. You surely would not leave them,and they cannot travel ? The women must walk. It will do them more good than for the little children, load them on the donkeys. I hear you have. EXIRAORDINARY FOREST GROWTHS IN AFRICA. about two hundred of them. Your people will not travel very far thefirst month, but litttle by little they will get accustomed to it. Our Zan-zibar women crossed Africa on my second expedition. Why cannotyour black women do the same ? Have no fear of them ; they will dobetter than the men. 750 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. They would require a vast amount of provision for the road. True, but you have some thousands of cattle, I believe. Those willfurnish beef The country through which we pass must furnish grainand vegetable food. Well, well, we will defer further talk till to Remove. May I St, 1888.—Halt in camp at Nsabe. The Pasha came ashorefrom the steamer Khedive obout i p. m., and in a short time we com-menced our conversa
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