Category: Travel Writing
The Khedive and the Soudan--Arabi Pasha--Hicks Pasha's defeat--The Mahdi --Sir Evelyn Baring and Lord Granville on the Soudan--Valentine Baker Pasha--General Gordon: his work in the Upper Soudan--Edward Schnitzler (or Emin Effendi Hakim) and his Province--General Gordon at Kha...
In the country of the Balessé--Their houses and clearings--Natives of Bukiri--The first village of dwarfs--Our rate of progress increased--The road from Mambungu's--Halts at Eas...
41. CHAPTER XX.Tippu-Tib--Major E. M. Barttelot--Mr. J. S. Jameson--Mr. Herbert Ward--Messrs. Troup and Bonny--Major Barttelot's Report on the doings of the rear column--Conversation with Mr....
22. CHAPTER I.The Khedive and the Soudan--Arabi Pasha--Hicks Pasha's defeat--The Mahdi--Sir Evelyn Baring and Lord Granville on the Soudan--Valentine Baker Pasha--General Gordon: his work in...
28. CHAPTER VII.An African road--Our mode of travelling through the forests--Farewell to Jameson and the Major--160 days in the forest--The Rapids of Yambuya--Attacked by natives of Yankonde--R...
29. CHAPTER VIII.Another accident at the Rapids--The village of Utiri--Avisibba settlement--Inquiry into a murder case at Avisibba--Surprised by the natives--Lieutenant Stairs wounded--We hunt u...
33. CHAPTER XII.We are further annoyed by the natives--Their villages fired--Gavira's village--We keep the natives at bay--Plateau of Unyoro in view--Night attack by the natives--The village of...
40. CHAPTER XIX.The Relief Force--The difficulties of marching--We reach Ipoto--Kilongo Longa apologises for the behaviour of his Manyuema--The chief returns us some of our rifles--Dr. Parke an...
27. CHAPTER VI.We land at Yambuya villages--The _Stanley_ leaves for Equator Station--Fears regarding Major Barttelot and the _Henry Reed_--Safe arrival--Instructions to Major Barttelot and Mr...
30. CHAPTER IX.Ugarrowwa sends us three Zanzibari deserters--We make an example--The "Express" rifles--Conversation with Rashid--The Lenda river--Troublesome rapids--Scarcity of food--Some of...
36. CHAPTER XV.Our camp at Bundi--Mbiassi, the chief of Kavalli--The Balegga granaries--Chiefs Katonza and Komubi express contrition--The kites at Badzwa--A note from Jephson--Emin, Casati and...
37. CHAPTER XVI.Fortified stations in the Province--Storms at Nsabé--A nest of young crocodiles--Lake Ibrahim--Zanzibari raid on Balegga villages--Dr. Parke goes in search of the two missing me...
35. CHAPTER XIV.Difficulties with the steel boat--African forest craft--Splendid capture of pigmies, and description of the same--We cross the Ituri river--Dr. Parke's delight on leaving the fo...
34. CHAPTER XIII.Our impending duties--The stockade of Fort Bodo--Instructions to Lieutenant Stairs--His departure for Kilonga-Longa's--Pestered by rats, mosquitoes, &c.--Nights disturbed by the...
31. CHAPTER X.The ivory hunters at Ipoto--Their mode of proceeding--The Manyuema headmen and their raids--Remedy for preventing wholesale devastations--Crusade preached by Cardinal Lavigerie-...
39. CHAPTER XVIII.Escorted by various tribes to Mukangi--Camp at Ukuba village--Arrival at Fort Bodo--Our invalids in Ugarrowwa's care--Lieutenant Stairs' report on his visit to bring up the inva...
23. CHAPTER II.Surgeon T. H. Parke--Views of Sir Evelyn Baring, Nubar Pasha, Professor Schweinfurth and Dr. Junker on the Emin Relief Expedition--Details relating to Emin Pasha and his Provinc...
25. CHAPTER IV.Details of the journey to Stanley Pool--The Soudanese and the Somalis--Meeting with Mr. Herbert Ward--Camp at Congo la Lemba--Kindly entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Richards--Letter...
26. CHAPTER V.Upper Congo scenery--Accident to the _Peace_--Steamers reach Kimpoko--Collecting fuel--The good-for-nothing _Peace_--The _Stanley_ in trouble--Arrival at Bolobo--The Relief Expe...
21. VOLUME I.I have great pleasure in dedicating this book to you. It professes to be the Official Report to yourself and the Emin Relief Committee of what we have experienced and endured du...
24. CHAPTER III.The Sultan of Zanzibar--Tippu-Tib and Stanley Falls--On board s.s. _Madura_--"Shindy" between the Zanzibaris and Soudanese--Sketches of my various officers--Tippu-Tib and Cape T...
38. CHAPTER XVII.Age and early days of Emin Pasha--Gordon and the pay of Emin Pasha--Last interview with Gordon Pasha in 1877--Emin's last supply of ammunition and provisions--Five years' isolat...
42. Chapter XX.--"The Sad Story of the Rear Column._July 20th._--Sent out to headmen to try and get more loads. I find I am short of the following loads, viz., 8 bags beads, 3-3/4 brass wire, 10 sacks of hkfs., 9 bales Zanzibar...
11. CHAPTER XI.In the country of the Balessé--Their houses and clearings--Natives of Bukiri--The first village of dwarfs--Our rate of progress increased--The road from Mambungu's--Halts at Eas...
19. CHAPTER XIX.The Relief Force--The difficulties of marching--We reach Ipoto--Kilonga Longa apologises for the behaviour of his Manyuema--The chief returns us some of our rifles--Dr. Parke an...
16. CHAPTER XVI.Fortified stations in the Province--Storms at Nsabé--A nest of young crocodiles--Lake Ibrahim--Zanzibari raid on Balegga villages--Dr. Parke goes in search of the two missing me...
1. CHAPTER I.The Khedive and the Soudan--Arabi Pasha--Hicks Pasha's defeat--The Mahdi --Sir Evelyn Baring and Lord Granville on the Soudan--Valentine Baker Pasha--General Gordon: his work in...
7. CHAPTER VII.An African road--Our mode of travelling through the forests--Farewell to Jameson and the Major--160 days in the forest--The Rapids of Yambuya--Attacked by natives of Yankonde--R...
14. CHAPTER XIV.Difficulties with the steel boat--African forest craft--Splendid capture of pigmies, and description of the same--We cross the Ituri River--Dr. Parke's delight on leaving the fo...
15. CHAPTER XV.Our camp at Bundi--Mbiassi, the chief of Kavalli--The Balegga granaries--Chiefs Katonza and Komubi express contrition--The kites at Badzwa--A note from Jephson--Emin, Casati and...
8. CHAPTER VIII.Another accident at the Rapids--The village of Utiri--Avisibba settlement--Enquiry into a murder case at Avisibba--Surprised by the natives--Lieutenant Stairs wounded--We hunt u...
20. CHAPTER XX.Tippu-Tib--Major E. M. Barttelot--Mr. J. S. Jameson--Mr. Herbert Ward--Messrs. Troup and Bonny--Major Barttelot's Report on the doings of the Rear Column--Conversation with Mr....
18. CHAPTER XVIII.Escorted by various tribes to Mukangi--Camp at Ukuba village--Arrival at Fort Bodo--Our invalids in Ugarrowwa's care--Lieut. Stairs' report on his visit to bring up the invalids...
4. CHAPTER IV.Details of the journey to Stanley Pool--The Soudanese and the Somalis--Meeting with Mr. Herbert Ward--Camp at Congo la Lemba--Kindly entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Richards--Letter...
13. CHAPTER XIII.Our impending duties--The stockade of Fort Bodo--Instructions to Lieutenant Stairs--His departure for Kilonga-Longa's--Pested by rats, mosquitoes, &c.--Nights disturbed by the l...
12. CHAPTER XII.We are further annoyed by the natives--Their villages fired--Gavira's village--We keep the natives at bay--Plateau of Unyoro in view--Night attack by the natives--The village of...
10. CHAPTER X.The ivory hunters at Ipoto--Their mode of proceeding--The Manyuema headmen and their raids--Remedy for preventing wholesale devastations--Crusade preached by Cardinal Lavigerie-...
17. CHAPTER XVII.Age and early days of Emin Pasha--Gordon and the pay of Emin Pasha--Last interview with Gordon Pasha in 1877--Emin's last supply of ammunition and provisions--Five years' isolat...
9. CHAPTER IX.Ugarrowwa sends us three Zanzibari deserters--We make an example--The 'Express' rifles--Conversation with Rashid--The Lenda river--Troublesome rapids--Scarcity of food--Some of...
2. CHAPTER II.Surgeon T. H. Parke--Views of Sir Evelyn Baring, Nubar Pasha, Professor Schweinfurth and Dr. Junker on the Emin Relief Expedition--Details relating to Emin Pasha and his Provinc...
6. CHAPTER VI.We land at Yambuya villages--The _Stanley_ leaves for Equator Station--Fears regarding Major Barttelot and the _Henry Reed_--Safe arrival--Instructions to Major Barttelot and Mr...
3. CHAPTER III.The Sultan of Zanzibar--Tippu-Tib and Stanley Falls--On board s.s. _Madura_--"Shindy" between the Zanzibaris and Soudanese--Sketches of my various Officers--Tippu-Tib and Cape T...
5. CHAPTER V.Upper Congo scenery--Accident to the _Peace_--Steamers reach Kimpoko--Collecting fuel--The good-for-nothing _Peace_--The _Stanley_ in trouble--Arrival at Bolobo--The Relief Expe...