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 .. . ival, took out their seine, dragged it, and made their visitors apresent of the entire haul. The chiefs treated them also with consider-able kindness. One at the north of Marenga, who was living in a stock-ade in a forest surrounded by a wide extent of .country, which he owned,made them beautiful presents. The doctor admiring an iron braceletstudded with copper which the chief wore, he took
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 .. . ival, took out their seine, dragged it, and made their visitors apresent of the entire haul. The chiefs treated them also with consider-able kindness. One at the north of Marenga, who was living in a stock-ade in a forest surrounded by a wide extent of .country, which he owned,made them beautiful presents. The doctor admiring an iron braceletstudded with copper which the chief wore, he took it off and presentedit to him, while his wife did the same with hers. At one place a party of thieves stole into the camp and carried off mostof their goods, no one awaking, though their rifles and revolvers were all BATTLING WITH DIFFICULTIES AND DANGERS. 203 ready. The cloth, having been used for pillows, escaped, but nearlyall their clothing was lost, and even their note-books and the highlands, at the northern end, a tribe of Zulus, known as theMazitu, make sudden swoops on the villages of the plains, and carry offthe inhabitants and burn villages; and putrid bodies slain by Mazitu. GIANT HERON OF AFRICA. spears were seen in all directions. In consequence of this the land party,composed of blacks, were afraid of proceeding and Livingstone accordinglylanded to accompany them. While he struck inland to go round a moun-tain, the boat pursued her course; but a fresh gale compelled her to runin-shore. On continuing her voyage, a number of armed Mazitu wereseen on a small island, with several large canoes belonging to them. 204 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. It was evident that it was a nest of lake pirates. Further on they met astill larger band, and the voyagers were ordered to come on shore. Onrefusing, a number of canoes chased them, one with nine paddles perse-vering a considerable time, till a good breeze enabled the gig to getaway from them. This circumstance caused
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