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Title: Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr. Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition ..
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Kelsey, D. M., (from old catalog) comp
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Publisher: St. Louis and Philadelphia, Scammel & company
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o had been employedby him during the Zambesi expedition, and Mabruki and Gard-ner, two of the Nassick boys who had left Zanzibar with hiscaravan at the beginning of the present journey. Leaving a sufficient quantity of goods with Sultan bin Ali tosecure their return journey from Unyanyembe to the coast, thecaravan set out August 23. A week later, the two Nassickshad, from sheer laziness, allowed all the cows to stray;they were found a long way off, but one was missing, and wasnever recovered. One cow, their best milker, had been lostthree days after starting. Two of the pagazi, engaged at avillage on their road, deserted, taking with them a quantity ofcalico belonging to the men. Thus the story goes on. Livingstones last journey. 399 tlcrvvv ^l^u.VtO h^^^xJk. V^uA Autograph Fac-Simile Letter from Dr. Livingstone. The latter half of September, they were much delayed bysickness, both of the leader and of his followers. They camein sight of Tanganyika October 8, and slowly approached the
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li\5ingstoxes last jourxey. 401 lake from which so short a distance seemed to divide them.Their course was nearly due south to Fipa, as that was thetown to which their steps were now directed; they had beenmany times assured in Unyanyembe that the route to thispoint was much shorter and less difficult than that to Ujiji. From this point they skirted the shores of the lake; andearly in November came within sight of the Luazi. For sometime past, Livingstone had been tormented by doubts aboutthe Lualaba; he was in search of the ultimate sources of theNile, not considering that the discovery of the two Nyanzashad settled this vexed question; what if, after all, the Lualabashould prove to be a tributary of the Congo? The questionoccurs more than once in his journal, even before the meetingwith Stanley, showing that the idea Avas gaining hold upon hismind. Still, he pressed on, resolved to find out for himselfwhat was the destination of this great river. The journey now turned toward the so
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