CHAPTER XX.

THE SAD STORY OF THE REAR COLUMN.

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. Bonny--Major Barttelot's letter to Mr. Bonny--Facts gleaned from the written narrative of Mr. Wm. Bonny--Mr. Ward detained at Bangala--Repeated visits of the Major to Stanley Falls--Murder of Major Barttelot--Bonny's account of the murder--The assassin Sanga is punished--Jameson dies of fever at Bangala Station--Meeting of the advance and rear columns--Dreadful state of the camp--Tippu-Tib and Major Barttelot--Mr. Jameson--Mr. Herbert Ward's report 498

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APPENDIX.

Copy of Log of Rear Column 527

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.