Identifier: wondersoftropics00nort (find matches)
Title: Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M. Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc. ..
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. Chicago, Ill. (etc.) National Publishing Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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before to the relief of Dr. Livingstone; butwhich, its leader making as an excuse that he was unable to obtain afresh nurnber of carriers, had hitherto remained inactive.Band Music and Lively Songs. The climate of Bagamoyo is far superior to that of Zanzibar. In itsneighborhood a French Jesuit mission has been for some time estab-lished, with ten priests and as many sisters, who have been very success-ful in educating two hundred boys and girls. The priests sumptuouslyentertained Mr. Stanley with excellent champagne and claret, whilesome of their pupils, among whom they had formed a brass band,amused them with instrumental music and French songs. He divided his expedition into five caravans, the first of which hestarted off on the 18th of February, although it was not till March 21stthat he with the largest was able to commence his journey westward.Altogether the expedition numbered on the day of departure, besidesthe commander and his two white attendants, twenty-three soldiers, four
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(283) 284 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. chiefs, one hundred and fifty-three carriers, and four supernumeraries.Every possible care had been bestowed on the outfit, and in nothing thatit needed was it stinted. Bombay proved to be honest and trustworthy,while Ferajji and Mabruki turned out true men and staunch, the latter, onone occasion, finding a difficulty in dragging the cart, having brought italong on his head rather than abandon it. The facility with which thenatives carry heavy loads on their heads is described by Stanley, Onone occasion he was waiting for Shaw, who was leading a caravanwith supplies. Food being scarce in the camp, and Shaw not arriving,,he sent a message to him, requiring him to come on with all the speedhe could; but time passed, and the caravan arrived not. Stanley thenset out to meet it, and thus describes Shaws order of march :— Stout^burley Chowereh carried the cart on his head, having found thatcarryingit was easier than drawing it. The sight was such a damper

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