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 .. . h thegreatest kindness and hospitality. A Black Corporal for an Escort. Here the Makololo sold Sekeletus tusks, obtaining much better pricesthan they would have done from the Cape traders, forgetting, however,that their value was greatly increased by the distance they had beenbrought. The Makololo here expressed their fears, from what they had heard,that they were about to be led down to th
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 .. . h thegreatest kindness and hospitality. A Black Corporal for an Escort. Here the Makololo sold Sekeletus tusks, obtaining much better pricesthan they would have done from the Cape traders, forgetting, however,that their value was greatly increased by the distance they had beenbrought. The Makololo here expressed their fears, from what they had heard,that they were about to be led down to the sea-coast to be sold, but whenLivingstone asked them if he had ever deceived them, and that he wouldassure them of their safety, they agreed to accompany him. The mer-chants of Kasenge treated the doctor with the most disinterested kind-ness, and furnished him with letters to their friends at Loanda. He was escorted by a black corporal of militia, who was carried in ahammock by his slaves. He could both read and write, and was STRANGE PLACES AND PEOPLES. 125 cleanly in all his ways; he was considerate also to his young slaves, andwalked most of the way, only getting into his hammock on approaching. a village, for the sake of keeping up his dignity. He, however, had theusual vices of African guides, and did not fail to cheat those he was sentto protect. 126^ WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. Sleeping-places were erected on the road about ten miles apart, as-there is a constant stream of people going to and coming from the are either carried on the head or on one shoulder, in a sort ofbasket, supported by two poles five or six feet long. When the carrierfeels tired and halts, he plants them on the ground, allowing his burdento rest against a tree, so that he has not to lift it up from the ground tothe level of his head. On arriving at a sleeping-place, the sheds wereimmediately taken possession of by the first comers, those arriving lasthaving to make huts with long grass for
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