CHAPTER XXII.

WESTWARD ALONG THE CONGO TO THE ATLANTIC.

SURVEYS LAKE TANGANYIKA -- SETTLES THE QUESTION OF THE RIVER LUGUKA -- AN OUTBREAK OF SMALL-POX AND FEVER IN UJIJI -- CAUSES STANLEY TO DEPART -- PUSHES HIS WAY ALONG THE RIGHT BANK OF THE LUALALA TO THE NYANGWE -- OVERLAND THROUGH UREGGA -- BROUGHT TO A STANDSTILL BY AN IMPENETRABLE FOREST -- CROSSES OVER TO THE LEFT BANK -- NORTHEAST USKUSA -- DENSE JUNGLES -- OPPOSED AND HARASSED BY HOSTILE SAVAGES -- ASSAILED NIGHT AND DAY -- THE PROGRESS OF THE EXPEDITION ALMOST HOPELESS -- DESERTED BY FORTY OF HIS PORTERS -- TAKES TO THE RIVER AS THE ONLY CHANCE TO ESCAPE -- PASS THE CATARACTS BY CUTTING A ROAD THROUGH THIRTEEN MILES OF DENSE FOREST FOR THE PASSAGE OF THE _LADY ALICE_ AND THE CANOES -- ALMOST INCESSANTLY FIGHTING THE SAVAGES -- THREATENED WITH STARVATION -- THREE DAYS WITHOUT FOOD -- MEET WITH A FRIENDLY TRIBE WITH WHOM THEY BARTER FOR SUPPLIES -- MANY FALLS AND FURIOUS RAPIDS -- AGAIN ATTACKED BY A MORE WARLIKE TRIBE, ARMED WITH FIREARMS -- ALMOST STARVED AND WORN-OUT WITH FATIGUE, REACHES ISANGILA -- LEAVES THE RIVER -- TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS OF HIS PEOPLE -- RELIEF FROM EMBOMMA -- REACH EMBOMMA -- KABINDA AND LONDA -- SAIL FOR CAPE OF GOOD HOPE -- THENCE RETURN BY STEAMER TO ZANZIBAR -- CLOSE OF THE EXPEDITION 404