Chapter XXXV: From the Victoria Nyanza to Zanzibar

Missionary work along the shores of the Victoria Nyanza and along the Congo river--The road from Mackay’s Mission--The country at Gengé--Considerable difficulty at preserving the peace at Kungu--Rupture of peace at Ikoma--Capture and release of Monangwa--The Wasukuma warriors attack us, but finally retire--Treachery--The natives follow us from Nera to Seké--We enter the district of Sinyanga; friendship between the natives and our men--Continued aggression of the natives--Heavy tributes--Massacre of caravan--The district of Usongo, and its chief Mittinginya--His surroundings and neighbours--Two French missionaries overtake us--Human skulls at Ikungu--We meet one of Tippu-Tib’s caravans from Zanzibar--Troubled Ugogo--Lieutenant Schmidt welcomes us at the German station of Mpwapwa--Emin Pasha visits the Pères of the French Mission of San Esprit--The Fathers unacquainted with Emin’s repute--Our mails in Africa continually going astray--Contents of some newspaper clippings--Baron von Gravenreuth and others meet us at Msua--Arrival of an Expedition with European provisions, clothing and boots for us--Major Wissman--He and Schmidt take Emin and myself on to Bagamoyo--Dinner and guests at the German officer’s mess house--Major Wissman proposes the healths of the guests; Emin’s and my reply to the same--Emin’s accident--I visit Emin in the hospital--Surgeon Parke’s report--The feeling at Bagamoyo--Embark for Zanzibar--Parting words with Emin Pasha--Illness of Doctor Parke--Emin Pasha enters the service of the German Government--Emin Pasha’s letter to Sir John Kirk--Sudden termination of Emin’s acquaintance with me--Three occasions when I apparently offended Emin--Emin’s fears that he would be unemployed--The British East African Company and Emin--Courtesy and hospitality at Zanzibar--Monies due to the survivors of the Relief Expedition--Tippu-Tib’s agent at Zanzibar, Jaffar Tarya--The Consular Judge grants me an injunction against Jaffar Tarya--At Cairo--Conclusion 432

APPENDICES.

A.--CONGRATULATIONS BY CABLE RECEIVED AT ZANZIBAR 481

B.--COMPARATIVE TABLES OF FOREST AND GRASS-LAND LANGUAGES 490

C.--ITINERARY OF THE JOURNEYS MADE IN 1887, 1888, 1889 496

D.--BALANCE SHEET, &C., OF THE RELIEF EXPEDITION 513

GENERAL INDEX 515

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

VOLUME II.

_STEEL ENGRAVING._

PORTRAIT OF HENRY M. STANLEY _Frontispiece._

(From a Photograph taken at Cairo, March, 1890.)

_FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS._

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SWORDS AND KNIVES OF THE ABABUA 22

ENTERING ANDIKUMU 50

THE SCOUTS DISCOVER THE PIGMIES CARRYING AWAY THE CASE OF AMMUNITION 54

STARVATION CAMP: SERVING OUT MILK AND BUTTER FOR BROTH 66

A PAGE FROM MR. STANLEY’S NOTE-BOOK--SKETCH-MAPS 94

THE PIGMIES AT HOME--A ZANZIBAR SCOUT TAKING NOTES 104

ADDRESS TO REBEL OFFICERS AT KAVALLI 148

THE PIGMIES AS COMPARED WITH THE ENGLISH OFFICERS, SOUDANESE, AND ZANZIBARIS 152

THE PIGMIES UNDER THE LENS, AS COMPARED TO CAPTAIN CASATI’S SERVANT OKILI 164

CLIMBING THE PLATEAU SLOPES 170

RESCUED EGYPTIANS AND THEIR FAMILIES 220

RUWENZORI, FROM KAVALLI’S 252

RUWENZORI, FROM MTSORA 286

BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF RUWENZORI, LAKE ALBERT EDWARD, AND LAKE ALBERT 318

RUWENZORI, FROM KARIMI 328

EXPEDITION WINDING UP THE GORGE OF KARYA-MUHORO 362

A PAGE FROM MR. STANLEY’S NOTE-BOOK--MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 396

WEAPONS OF THE BALEGGA AND WAHUMA TRIBES 400

BABY RHINOCEROS SHOWING FIGHT IN CAMP 406

SOUTH-WEST EXTREMITY OF LAKE VICTORIA NYANZA 419

STANLEY, EMIN, AND OFFICERS AT USAMBIRO 425

EXPERIENCES IN USUKUMA 438

BANQUET AT MSUA 450

UNDER THE PALMS AT BAGAMOYO 454

THE RELIEF EXPEDITION RETURNING TO ZANZIBAR 462

THE FAITHFULS AT ZANZIBAR 474

_OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS._

A SWIMMING RACE AFTER A BUSH ANTELOPE 25

DWARF CAPTIVE AT AVITAKO 41

BRIDGING THE DUI RIVER 60

TWO-EDGED SPEARS 99

PLAY-TABLE 99

BACK-REST AND STOOL 99

DECORATED EARTHEN POT 99

ARROWS OF THE DWARFS 101

ELEPHANT TRAP 102

A BELLE OF BAVIRA 130

VIEW OF CAMP AT KAVALLI 140

SHUKRI AGHA, COMMANDANT OF MSWA STATION 173

SALI, HEAD-BOY 185

AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN LADY 207

ATTACK BY THE WANYORO AT SEMLIKI FERRY 260

HOUSES ON THE EDGE OF THE FOREST 264

EGYPTIAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN 266

THE TALLEST PEAK OF RUWENZORI, FROM AWAMBA FOREST 274

SOUTH-WEST TWIN CONES OF RUWENZORI--SKETCH. BY LIEUT. STAIRS 278

[1]AFRICA IN HOMER’S WORLD 293

“ MAP OF HEKATÆUS 294

“ HIPPARCHUS, 100 B.C. 295

PTOLEMY’S MAP OF AFRICA, A.D. 150 295

CENTRAL AFRICA ACCORDING TO EDRISI, A.D. 1154 296

MAP OF THE MARGARITA PHILOSOPHICA, A.D. 1503 296

“ JOHN RUYSCH, A.D. 1508 297

MAP, SYLVANUS', A.D. 1511 297

HIERONIMUS DE VERRAZANO’S MAP, A.D. 1529 298

SEBASTIAN CABOT’S MAP OF THE WORLD, 16TH CENTURY 298

THE NILE’S SOURCES ACCORDING TO GEOGRAPHERS OF THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES 299

MAP OF THE NILE BASIN, A.D. 1819 301

MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON--MASSOUDI, 11TH CENTURY 308

MAP OF NILE BASIN TO-DAY FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN TO S. LAT. 4° 311

VIEW OF RUWENZORI FROM BAKOKORO WESTERN CONES 326

THE LITTLE SALT LAKE AT KATWÉ 342

SECTION OF A HOUSE NEAR LAKE ALBERT NYANZA 348

A VILLAGE IN ANKORI 361

EXPEDITION CLIMBING THE ROCK IN THE VALLEY OF ANKORI 362

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF THE BALEGGA 399

A HOT SPRING, MTAGATA 406

LAKE URIGI 415 VIEW FROM MACKAY’S MISSION, LAKE VICTORIA 428

ROCK HILLS, USAMBIRO 437

HOUSE AND BALCONY FROM WHICH EMIN FELL 454

SKETCH OF CASKET CONTAINING THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF LONDON 488

SKETCH OF CASKET, THE GIFT OF KING LEOPOLD 489

_MAPS._

A MAP OF THE ROUTE OF THE EMIN PASHA RELIEF EXPEDITION THROUGH AFRICA. _In Pocket._

A MAP OF EMIN PASHA’S PROVINCE. _In Pocket._

PROFILE SKETCH OF RUWENZORI AND THE VALLEY OF THE SEMLIKI.
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IN DARKEST AFRICA.