The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, And Explorations of the Nile Sources

For months we dragged on a miserable existence at Obbo, wrecked by fever; the quinine exhausted; thus the disease worried me almost to death, returning at intervals of a few day...

The sun had risen when I woke. I had slept, and, horrified as the idea flashed upon me that she must be dead, and that I had not been with her, I started up. She lay upon her be...

In March, 1861, I commenced an expedition to discover the sources of the Nile, with the hope of meeting the East African expedition of Captains Speke and Grant, that had been se...

Ibrahim returned from Gondokoro, bringing with him a large supply of ammunition. A wounded man of Chenooda's people also arrived, the sole relic of the fight with the Latookas;...

Kamrasi, thus freed from his invaders, was almost stupefied with astonishment. He immediately paid me a visit, and as he entered the courtyard he stopped to look at the flag tha...

ALTHOUGH Ellyria was a rich and powerful country, we had not been able to procure any provisions--the natives refused to sell, and their general behaviour was such that assured...

On the 30th May, about an hour before daybreak, I was awoke by a rattle of musketry, which continued some time in irregular volleys, and subsided into a well-sustained and stead...

THE country was park-like, but much parched by the dry weather. The ground was sandy, but firm, and interspersed with numerous villages, all of which were surrounded with a stro...

We continued our voyage down the Nile, at times scudding along with a fair wind and stream, when a straight portion of the river allowed our men respite from the oars. This was...

A DAY before the departure of Speke and Grant from Gondokoro, an event occurred which appeared as a bad omen to the superstitions of my men. I had ordered the diahbiah to be pre...

The country in the immediate neighbourhood of Latooka was parched, as there had been no rain for some time. The latitude was 4 degrees 35', longitude 32 degrees 55' E.; the rain...

The various trading parties were assembled in Gondokoro with a total of about three thousand slaves; but there was consternation depicted upon every countenance. Only three boat...

All were thankful that the river voyage was concluded; the tedium of the White Nile will have been participated by the reader, upon whom I have inflicted the journal, as no othe...

We were prisoners on the island of Patooan, as we could not procure porters at any price to remove our effects. We had lost all our riding oxen within a few days; they had succu...

It was the middle of November--not the wretched month that chills even the recollection of Old England, but the last of the ten months of rain that causes the wonderful vegetati...

The hour of deliverance from our long sojourn in Central Africa was at hand; it was the month of February, and the boats would be at Gondokoro. The Turks had packed their ivory;...

IT appeared that Kisoona was to be headquarters until I should have an opportunity of quitting the country for Shooa. Therefore I constructed a comfortable little hut surrounded...

Jan. 16th.--A new dish! There is no longer mock-turtle soup--REAL turtle is MOCK HIPPOPOTAMUS. I tried boiling the fat, flesh, and skin together, the result being that the skin...

The day of starting at length arrived; the chief and guide appeared, and we were led to the Kafoor river, where canoes were in readiness to transport us to the south side. This...

Drums were beating, horns blowing, and people were seen all running in one direction;--the cause was a funeral dance, and I joined the crowd, and soon found myself in the midst...

Antelope shooting--Arrive at Junction of Bahr el Gazal--Arrive at the Nile Dam--Character of the Obstruction--Passage through the Dam--The Plague breaks out--Saat smitten by the...

Physician in General--Influence gained over the People--Katchiba is applied to for Rain--"Are you a Rainmaker?"--Katchiba takes Counsel's Opinion--Successful Case--Night-watch f...

The Sugarcane indigenous--Unyoro People clean Feeders--Close to the Lake--Discovery of the Albert N'yanza--Gratitude to Providence-- Denominate it "The Albert N'yanza"--Fishing...

Programme--Start from Cairo--Arrive at Berber--Plan of Exploration-- The River Atbara--Abyssinian Affluents--Character of Rivers--Causes of Nile Inundations--Violence of the Rai...

The pertinacious Beggar--Summary Justice for High Treason--Arrival of Ivory for the Turks--Frightful Barbarities upon Captives--The Female Captives--Treacherous Murder of Sali--...

We leave Ellyria--Brutality towards the Women--Order of March-- Bellaal--Drainage towards the Sobat--Game at Wakkala--Delightful Scenery--Latooka Thieves--Stalking Antelopes--Ch...

The African Black--Comparison between Whites and Blacks--Varieties in Creation--The Negro--Character of the Negro-Originated African Slave System--Indisposition to Work--Negro S...

The "Pleasant Robber" killed--Division of the Spoil--Discord among the Natives--The Life of Women spared in War--Scarcity of Salt, among the Latookas--Another Cause of Alarm--Th...

Bivouacking--Arrival at Belignan--Attempts at Conciliation--I shame my Men--The March--Advantages of Donkeys--Advice for Travellers-- Want of Water--A forced March--Its Difficul...

Gun Accident--Birds ruin the Donkeys--Arrangement with Mahommed--His Duplicity--Plot to obstruct my Advance--The Boy Saat--History of Saat --First Introduction to Saat--Turned o...

Herds of the Latookas and Game--Storm--Effects of Rain upon Natives-- Native Blacksmiths--Their Tools--Elephants--Elephant Hunt--Tetel, my old Hunter--Charged by a herd of Eleph...

Confined in the Country--Determine to proceed--Deserted by the Natives --Discovery of a "Tullaboon" Granary--Misery at Shooa Moru--Hard Fare --Preparation for Death--Kamrasi's T...

Intelligence from Khartoum--Retreat of the Slaves--Influence gained over Traders' People--Sail from Gondokoro--The Nile cleared of its Mystery--The Victoria Source--Ptolemy's Th...

Begging to the last--We quit Kamrasi's Territory--March to Shooa-- Arrive at Shooa--The Lira Tribe--Resemblance of Natives' and Lawyers' Wigs--Result of the Turks' Razzias--Loss...

Reports of Speke and Grant--The Bari Tribe--Description of the Natives --Effects of poisoned Arrows--Hostility of the Bari Tribe--Atrocities of the Trading Parties--Lawlessness...

Results of the Ivory Campaign--Preparations for starting Homeward-- Part regretfully with the Children--The Traveller's Tree--View of the Nile--Koshi and Madi--Gebel Kookoo--On...

System of Fattening--Native Preparations of Food--Native Manufactures --Knavery of Native Butter-dealers--Vapour Bath for Fever--State Visit from the King--Mendicancy again--The...

Despicable Conduct of the King--Pertinacity of Kamrasi--Kamrasi's Infamous Proposal--Resentment of the King's Insolence--The King's Apology--Expectation of a Fight--Kamrasi's Sa...

A Funeral Dance--Bari Interpreters--Commoro, the Lion--Conversation with Commoro--"Where will the Spirit live?"--"Good and bad all die"-- Failure of the religious Argument--Furt...