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 .. . assured them thatthey had plenty of ammunition, that they did not wish to shed the bloodof the children of the same Great Father, and that if there was a fight,the guilt would be theirs. At last their leader ordered them to lay downtheir arms, and he came, saying that the river was theirs, and that theEnglish must pay toll for leave to pass. As it was better to do so than BATTLING--V^^ITH D
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 .. . assured them thatthey had plenty of ammunition, that they did not wish to shed the bloodof the children of the same Great Father, and that if there was a fight,the guilt would be theirs. At last their leader ordered them to lay downtheir arms, and he came, saying that the river was theirs, and that theEnglish must pay toll for leave to pass. As it was better to do so than BATTLING--V^^ITH DIFFICULTIES AND DANGERS. 207 fight, the payment demanded was given, and they promised to be friendsever afterwards. The sail was then hoisted, and the boats proceeded up, when theywere followed by a large party, as it was supposed merely to watch therp,.but without a moments warning the savages fired a volley of musket-balls and poisoned arrows. Providentially they were so near that sixarrows passed over their heads, and four musket-balls alone went throughthe sail. Their assailants immediately bolted, and did not again appeartill the boats had got to a considerable distance. A few shots were fired. ff=A. •>.-a.«^ ^-*= THE PELICAN. over their heads, to give them an idea of the range of the Englishmensrifles. They had probably expected to kill some of the party, and thenin the confusion to rob the boats. They were more hospitably treated by a Makoa chief higher up, whohad been to Iboe, and once to Mozambique with slaves. Ilis peoplerefused to receive gaily-colored prints, having probably been deceived bysham ones before, preferring the plain blue stuff of which they hadexperience. Another old chief, on seeing them go by, laid down hisgun, and when they landed approached them. They proceeded up the cataracts of the Rovuma, but finding that the 208 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. distance overland was far greater to Lake Nyassa than that by Murchi-sons Cataracts on the Shire, they c
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