CHAPTER XVIII.

The twin rivers—Mankorongo baulked of his loot—Poor Bull! True to the death—Msenna breaks out again—The Terror of Africa appears on the scene—Mars at peace—“Dig potatoes, potatoes, potatoes”—Mirambo, the bandit chief, and I make blood-brotherhood—Little kings with “big heads”—Practical conversion of the chief of Ubagwé—The Watuta, the Ishmaelites of Africa—Their history—African nomenclature—From Msené across the Malagarazi to Ujiji—Sad memories 379

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.

NO. PAGE

1. H. M. STANLEY. (_After Walery_) _Frontispiece_

2. VIEW FROM THE ROOF OF MR. AUGUSTUS _To face page_ 32 SPARHAWK’S HOUSE. (_From a photograph_)

3. BURYING OUR DEAD IN HOSTILE TURU: VIEW OF ” 92 OUR CAMP

4. RECEPTION BY KING MTESA’S BODY-GUARD AT ” 148 USAVARA

5. MTESA, THE EMPEROR OF UGANDA. (_From a ” 152 photograph_)

6. RECEPTION AT BUMBIREH ISLAND, VICTORIA ” 174 NYANZA

7. THE STRANGE GRANITE ROCKS OF WEZI ISLAND, ” 194 MIDWAY BETWEEN USUKUMA AND UKEREWÉ. (_From a photograph_)

8. VIEW OF THE BAY LEADING TO RUGEDZI CHANNEL ” 202 FROM KIGOMA, NEAR KISORYA, SOUTH SIDE OF UKEREWÉ, COAST OF SPEKE GULF. (_From a photograph_)

9. VIEW OF RIPON FALLS FROM THE UGANDA SIDE. ” 234 (_From a photograph_)

10. THE OUTFALL OF THE VICTORIA NYANZA; RIPON ” 236 FALLS, WHICH GIVE BIRTH TO THE VICTORIA NILE. CAMP OF REAR GUARD ON HILL. (_From a photograph_)

11. THE VICTORIA NILE, NORTH OF RIPON FALLS, ” 240 RUSHING TOWARDS UNYORO, FROM THE USOGA SIDE OF THE FALLS. (_From a photograph_)

12. ONE OF THE GREAT NAVAL BATTLES BETWEEN THE ” 260 WAGANDA AND THE WAVUMA, IN THE CHANNEL BETWEEN INGIRA ISLAND AND CAPE NAKARANGA

13. THE NAPOLEON CHANNEL, LAKE VICTORIA, FROM ” 268 THE HEIGHTS ABOVE THE RIPON FALLS. FLOTILLA OF THE EMPEROR OF UGANDA CROSSING FROM USOGA TO UGANDA. (_From a photograph by the Author_)

14. RUBAGA, THE NEW CAPITAL OF THE EMPEROR MTESA ” 308

15. MTESA’S AMAZONS. (_From a photograph by the ” 314 Author_)

16. MARCHING THROUGH UNYORO: MOUNT GORDON-BENNETT ” 336 IN THE DISTANCE

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SMALLER ILLUSTRATIONS.

17. THE ‘LADY ALICE’ IN SECTIONS 4

18. VIEW OF A PORTION OF THE SEA-FRONT OF ZANZIBAR FROM THE 22 WATER BATTERY TO SHANGANI POINT. (_From a photograph_)

19. RED CLIFFS BEHIND UNIVERSITIES MISSION 28

20. A HOUSE AT ZANZIBAR 31

21. SEYYID BARGHASH 32

22. COXSWAIN ULEDI, AND MANWA SERA, CHIEF CAPTAIN. (_From a 39 photograph_)

23. NEW CHURCH ON SITE OF OLD SLAVE MARKET, ZANZIBAR 42

24. TARYA TOPAN 50

25. “TOWARDS THE DARK CONTINENT” 54

26. UNIVERSITIES MISSION AT KANGANI, ZANZIBAR. (_From a 61 photograph_)

27. WIFE OF MANWA SERA. (_From a photograph_) 65

28. THE EXPEDITION AT ROSAKO. (_From a photograph_) 70

29. VIEW FROM THE VILLAGE OF MAMBOYA 73

30. OUR CAMP AT MPWAPWA. (_From a photograph_) 76

31. “IN MEMORIAM.” EDWARD POCOCK, DIED JANUARY 17, 1875 92

32. MNYAMWEZI PAGAZI 111

33. VIEW OF KAGEHYI FROM THE EDGE OF THE LAKE. (_From a 113 photograph_)

34. FRANK POCOCK. (_From a photograph_) 114

35. BRIDGE ISLAND 131

36. CAIRN ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF FREDERICK BARKER: MAJITA 189 AND URURI MOUNTAINS IN THE DISTANCE, ACROSS SPEKE GULF. (_From a photograph_)

37. AT THE LANDING-PLACE OF MSOSSI; VIEW OF KITARI HILL TO THE 197 LEFT; MAJITA MOUNTAIN TO THE RIGHT. (_From a photograph_)

38. NATIVES, UTENSILS, &C. OF UKEREWÉ 199

39. SKETCH MAP: CAPE NAKARANGA 244

40. THE FLOATING FORTLET MOVING TOWARDS INGIRA ISLAND 265

41. FISH FOUND IN LAKE VICTORIA 269

42. HUTS OF EAST CENTRAL AFRICA 303

43. AUDIENCE HALL OF THE PALACE 309

44. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 323

45. NGOGO FISH 325

46. IMPLEMENTS AND WEAPONS OF CENTRAL AFRICA 327

47. MOUNT EDWIN ARNOLD 339

48. HOUSE AND WOODEN UTENSILS OF UZIMBA AND ANKORI 343

49. CANOES AND PADDLES OF AFRICA 354

50. RUMANIKA’S TREASURE-HOUSE 360

51. A NATIVE OF UHHA 363

52. VIEW OF UFUMBIRO MOUNTAINS FROM MOUNT NEAR MTAGATA HOT 365 SPRINGS

53. GROUND PLAN OF KING’S HOUSE 372

54. TREASURE-HOUSE, ARMS, AND TREASURES OF RUMANIKA 373

55. “BULL.” (_From a photograph_) 381

56. SEROMBO HUTS 383

57. A “RUGA-RUGA,” ONE OF MIRAMBO’S PATRIOTS 385

58. ONE OF THE WATUTA 393

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MAPS.

EQUATORIAL AFRICA (SEGUNDO O MAPPA DE DAPPER), _To face page_ 10 1676

MAPPA DE KRAPE, REBMANN, LIVINGSTONE & ERHARDT, ” 12 1849-56

LIVINGSTONE, BURTON AND SPEKE, SPEKE & GRANT AND ” 14 VON DER DECKEN, 1856-1863

SCHWEINFURTH, BAKER, LIVINGSTONE, STANLEY & ” 18 CAMERON, 1866-75

STANLEY, 1874-77 ” 20

A MAP OF THE ROUTE OF STANLEY “THROUGH THE DARK ” 49 CONTINENT,” 1874-1877, AS WELL AS OF THE EMIN PASHA RELIEF EXPEDITION THROUGH AFRICA

SKETCH MAP; CAPE NAKARANGA ” 244

THROUGH THE DARK CONTINENT.

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EXPLANATION.