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.