CHAPTER XXIX.

FROM THE ALBERT NYANZA TO THE INDIAN OCEAN.

EMIN PASHA’S INDECISION -- MUCH TIME WASTED -- STANLEY GROWS IMPATIENT -- JEPHSON’S REPORT -- STANLEY DEMANDS POSITIVE ACTION, AND THREATENS TO MARCH HOMEWARD ON FEBRUARY 13TH -- RECEIVES EMIN’S REPLY, ACCEPTING THE ESCORT, ON THE DAY HE HAD PROPOSED TO BEGIN HIS RETURN MARCH -- STANLEY FURNISHES CARRIERS TO HELP HIM UP WITH HIS LUGGAGE -- STANLEY GREATLY HINDERED BY THE SUSPICIONS OF THE NATIVES -- CONVALESCENT FROM HIS RECENT SEVERE ILLNESS, STANLEY LEAVES KAVALLIS WITH HIS UNITED EXPEDITION, FOR THE INDIAN OCEAN, APRIL 12TH -- LETTER OF LIEUT. W. G. STAIRS -- REACHES URSULALA -- STANLEY’S LETTER TO SIR FRANCIS DE WINSTON -- EXPEDITIONS FITTED OUT AND FORWARDED TO THE INTERIOR TO MEET STANLEY -- STANLEY REACHES MSUWAH NOVEMBER 29TH -- MEETS THE “HERALD” COMMISSIONER -- REACHES MBIKI DECEMBER 1ST -- KIGIRO, DECEMBER 3D -- BAGAMOYO, DECEMBER 4TH -- ENTERS ZANZIBAR, DECEMBER 5TH -- SAD ACCIDENT BEFALLS EMIN PASHA -- SERIOUSLY, IF NOT FATALLY, INJURED -- THE END OF A MOST REMARKABLE AND EXTRAORDINARY EXPEDITION -- THE CLOSING WORDS OF STANLEY’S STORY 508

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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0. A Frontispiece--Stanley and Emin Bey op. title

27. A Camp of Arab Traders „ 68

26. A Dance by Torchlight „ 66

70. Attacked by a Hippopotamus „ 252

47. A Fierce Battle with the Natives „ 132

53. A Floating Alligator „ 150

37. African Musician „ 94

31. An African Sun-Dance „ 76

57. Amazon Warriors „ 172

52. An Unexpected Surprise „ 144

67. An African Gazelle „ 236

49. A Fine Covey of the Noble Game „ 138

93. A Ghastly Monument „ 358

16. An Object of Intense Interest „ 36

117. A South African „ 456

78. A Terror of the Insect Kingdom „ 278

50. African Warblers „ 140

100. A Shore Scene on Lake Windermere „ 398

20. A Street Scene in African Village „ 50

69. A Surprise in the Jungle „ 250

82. Allegorical „ 288

122. Arabi Pasha and the Egyptian Soudanese „ 482

23. A Narrow Escape „ 58

15. Arrival of the Expedition on the Banks of the Zambesi „ 32

17. Arab Slave Traders „ 40

59. An African Belle „ 184

14. Arab Chief of Central Africa „ 28

22. A Stretch of the Nile „ 54

76. African Snake Charmer[xviii] „ 274

21. African Bird-Life „ 52

35. A Remarkable Wasp-Nest found in Africa „ 84

38. An Arab Courier „ 96

34. A Baobab Tree „ 82

29. Attacked by Buffaloes „ 70

61. Ambuscade by Manyuemas „ 188

95. Allegorical „ 370

71. A Jungle Scene in South Africa „ 254

68. A Mightier Roar than that of the Forest King „ 248

114. A Nyambana „ 445

28. African Lioness and her Young „ 68

113. African Alligator „ 430

91. An African Tailor „ 351

121. An African Barber „ 481

102. Allegorical „ 402

62. Bashouay Ant „ 191

55. Broad-Billed Duck of the Nile „ 159

58. Characteristic Head-Dresses „ 178

51. Crossing a Lagoon „ 142

87. Chuma and Susi, the Fast Friends of Livingstone „ 308

19. Discussing the Feast of Game „ 48

12. Dr. David Livingstone „ 22

39. Equipped for War „ 98

Floating Island „ 214

18. Fleet-Footed Elk „ 45

89. Hippopotamus in his Lair „ 338

65. “I’ll Shoot You, if You Drop that Box” „ 212

77. Insect Life in Africa „ 276

80. Insect Nest-Building „ 280

111. In the Clutches of the Game „ 422

83. Livingstone Ending his Last March at Ilala „ 288

84. Jacob Wainwright with Dr. Livingstone’s Remains at Aden „ 290

9. Map of Stanley’s Last Route „ 17

110. Mouth of the Congo „ 420

97. Natives of Uganda „ 380

99. Natives Coralling Wild Game „ 390

119. On the Banks of the Nepoko[xix] „ 470

92. Off for the Heart of Africa „ 356

42. Rapids of the Livingstone River „ 120

40. Reception of the Officers of the Expedition at the Sultan’s Palace, Zanzibar „ 102

63. Reception of the Chief Ruhingi „ 194

106. Repelling the Attack of the Piratical Bangala „ 412

73. Running down Elands „ 258

74. Sounding the Alarm „ 260

48. Sketch of an African Forest Scene „ 136

36. Stanley, Henry M., as he Appeared on his First Expedition „ 92

103. Stanley Fighting his Way along the Lualala or Congo „ 406

118. Stanley Quelling a Mutiny „ 460

107. Stanley Returning to the Coast „ 414

104. Stanley’s Followers Seeking Supplies „ 408

116. Supplies for the Caravan „ 452

64. Slave Robbers’ Camp „ 200

123. Terrific Fight for Life „ 490

105. The Battle of the Boats near the Confluence of the Aruwimi and the Livingstone Rivers „ 410

90. The African Elephant „ 340

33. The African “Tweet-Tweet” „ 80

46. The Attack on Mirambo „ 128

66. The Camp of an Early Explorer „ 228

98. The Demons of Bumbireh „ 384

56. The Discovery of Livingstone „ 160

41. The Egyptian Cerastes „ 107

79. The Terror of the Bird Kingdom „ 280

60. The Massacre of the Manyuema Women „ 186

30. The Reception of Livingstone by an African Chief „ 74

101. The Hot Springs of Mtagata „ 400

112. The African Cactus „ 428

96. The Victoria Nyanza „ 372

75. The King of the Jungle „ 272

81. The Last Mile of Dr. Livingstone’s Travels „ 282

88. The Village in which Livingstone’s Body was Prepared „ 314

109. The Face of a Wangwana „ 418

43. The African Tiger „ 120

115. The Elephant Protecting her Young „ 452

44. The Strong Beast Conquered „ 120

13. The Python „ 26

45. The Rhinoceros Bird „ 123

85. The Last Entries in Dr. Livingstone’s Note-Book op. 298, 301

125. Tippu-Tib „ 510

108. Transporting the Sections of the Boat „ 416

24. View on the Lualala „ 62

25. View on the Zambesi „ 62

11. View of Zanzibar „ 20

54. Warlike Demonstrations „ 156

120. Wild Game on the Aruwimi „ 476

94. Wild Goat of Ugogo „ 359

126. Wilderness Sketch „ 527

72. Wreaking his Vengeance on a Tree „ 256

32. Zulu Warrior „ 78

STANLEY’S STORY·

OR,

THROUGH THE WILDS OF AFRICA.