Through the Dark Continent, Vol. 2 (of 2)

Ujiji, its scenery, residents, market, and vicinity—Arab 1 rivals—The circumnavigation of the Tanganika—Commander Cameron and the outflowing Lukuga—The encroaching waters—The le...

The _Lady Alice_ afloat again—Her mate and crew—Anxiety on 14 her behalf—-On hallowed ground—Unwelcome visitors: in the haunts of the Ruga-Ruga—The aborigines’ last retreat—A sc...

Back in camp—An epidemic of small-pox—Panic of 48 desertion—Kalulu’s disloyalty—Livingstone’s lenience—Imaginary terrors—Hairdressing _ad absurdum_—Ruanga’s opinion of white men...

At a swinging pace—Tippu-Tib, the Arab trader—News of 73 Cameron and his difficulties—The river that flows North for ever—In Dwarf-land, fighting the dwarfs—Tippu Tib’s conditio...

Tippu-Tib’s henchmen—In the primeval forest, a wilderness of 98 trees—Primitive furniture—Our sufferings in the pagans’ forest—Tippu-Tib breaks down—A village blacksmith—Soko sk...

“Mama, the Wasambye!”—The fight in the Ruiki—The lost 122 found—Dangerous disobedience—In the nick of time—A savage captive—Music hath charms—In the haunts of Nature—A town of o...

Farewell to Tippu-Tib—Attacked from both banks—The fat 153 savage makes a bad shot at me—In the home of the elephants—Insect life—In covert—The Lowwa river—A storm on the river—...

Fighting betimes—Blazing a path—We take an island by storm—A 174 desperate dilemma—Road-making under fire—A miraculous escape—A terrible march—Peace by stratagem—Below the Fifth...

Again in open water—Frank Pocock feels the position—The 200 Mburra or Yaryembi—A running fight—“Ya-Mariwa! Ya- Mariwa!”—Our tactics of capture—Monster spears—Growing weary of fi...

High art in tattooing—Suspicious friendliness—Friends or 222 foes?—A treacherous attack—The fauna of the Livingstone—Among the “Houyhynyms”—The “Yaha-ha- has”—Frank’s courage an...

Running the gauntlet—Kindly solitudes—Amina’s death—The 241 humanizing effects of trade apparent—“The most plausible rogue of all Africa”—The king of Chumbiri; his hospitality,...

The struggle with the river renewed—Passing the “Father”—In 260 the “Cauldron”—Poor Kalulu!—Soudi’s strange adventures—At the “Whirlpool Narrows”—Lady Alice Rapids—Our escape fr...

Glorious timber—Cutting canoes—Frank suffers from ulcers—The 283 episode of the fetished axe—Rain-gauge readings—The rise of the river—“Goee-goees”—The _Lady Alice_ breached for...

Leaving Mowa—The whirling pools of Mowa—The Jason swept over 305 the falls—The “Little Master” drowned—Too brave!—“Ah, Uledi, had you but saved him!”—The sympathy of the savages

Mutiny in the camp—Again among the cataracts—Frank’s body 317 found—The fall of the Edwin Arnold river—Tired out!—Wholesale desertion—More cataracts—“Good-bye, my brother; nothi...

Final warnings against theft—Humiliating a 328 protectionist—Kindly tribes—Five of the Expedition abandoned to slavery for theft—Safeni goes mad from joy—Goaded to crime—Ali Kib...

_June._—The best view of Ujiji is to be obtained from the flat roof of one of the Arab tembés or houses. A photograph which I took of the view north from my tembé, which fronted...

The _Lady Alice_ afloat again—Her mate and crew—Anxiety on her behalf—On hallowed ground—Unwelcome visitors: in the haunts of the Ruga- Ruga—The aborigines’ last retreat—A scene...

Back in camp—An epidemic of small-pox—Panic of desertion—Kalulu’s disloyalty—Livingstone’s lenience—Imaginary terrors—Hair dressing _ad absurdum_—Ruanga’s opinion of white men—A...

At a swinging pace—Tippu-Tib, the Arab trader—News of Cameron and his difficulties—The river that flows north for ever—In Dwarf-land, fighting the dwarfs—Tippu-Tib’s conditions—...

Tippu-Tib’s henchmen—In the primeval forest, a wilderness of trees—Primitive furniture—Our sufferings in the pagans’ forest—Tippu-Tib breaks down—A village blacksmith—Soko skull...

“Mama, the Wasambye!”—The fight in the Ruiki—The lost found—Dangerous disobedience—In the nick of time—A savage captive—Music hath charms—In the haunts of Nature—A town of one s...

Farewell to Tippu-Tib—Attacked from both banks—The fat savage takes a bad shot at me—In the home of the elephants—Insect life—Under covert—The Lowwa river—A storm on the river—N...

Fighting betimes—Blazing a path—We take an island by storm—A desperate dilemma—Road-making under fire—A miraculous escape—A terrible march—Peace by stratagem—Below the Fifth Cat...

Again in open water—Frank Pocock feels the position—The Mburra or Yaryembi—A running fight—“Ya-Mariwa! Ya-Mariwa!”—Our tactics of capture—Monster spears—Growing weary of fightin...

High art in tattooing—Suspicious friendliness—Friends or foes?—A treacherous attack—The fauna of the Livingstone—Among the “Houyhynyms”—The “Yaha-ha-has”—Frank’s courage and nar...

Running the gauntlet—Kindly solitudes—Amina’s death—The humanizing effects of trade apparent—“The most plausible rogue of all Africa”—The king of Chumbiri; his hospitality, wive...

The struggle with the river renewed—Passing the “Father”—In the “Cauldron”—Poor Kalulu!—Soudi’s strange adventures—At the “Whirlpool Narrows”—Lady Alice Rapids—Our escape from d...

Glorious timber—Cutting canoes—Frank suffers from ulcers—The episode of the fetished axe—Rain-gauge readings—The rise of the river—“Goee- Goees”—The _Lady Alice_ breached for th...

Leaving Mowa—The whirling pools of Mowa—The _Jason_ swept over the falls—The “Little Master” drowned—Too brave!—“Ah, Uledi, had you but saved him!”—The sympathy of the savages.

Mutiny in the camp—Again among the cataracts—Frank’s body found—The fall of the Edwin Arnold River—Tired out!—Wholesale desertion—More cataracts—“Good-bye, my brother, nothing c...

Final warnings against theft—Humiliating a protectionist—Kindly tribes—Five of the Expedition abandoned to slavery for theft—Safeni goes mad from joy—Goaded to crime—Ali Kiboga’...

283, 286, 291, 294, 296, 303, 307, 309, 317, 320, 322-3, 354. Manwana, chief of Mowa, ii. 298. Manyanga district, ii. 298; market town, 245. Manyara, cones of, i. 133. Manyema,...

Upper, 194; Victoria, 195, 215-6. Niranga (? Vinyata), basin of, i. 95. Nkunda district, ii. 255, 258, 279. Notre Dame de Bagomoyo, i. 59. Nshasha district, ii. 258. Nsongo Yell...

yams, 2, 94, 279, 281; sweet potatoes, 2, 56, 94, 168, 348; tomatoes, 3; onions, 95, 279, 331—_see_ “Cassava.” Vegetation of Zanzibar, i. 23-7, 33; Mpwapwa, 76; Uyanzi, 85; Usuk...