In Darkest Africa: Or, The Quest, Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria, Volume 1S. Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, limited, 1890 - 685 pages |
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advance Africa Albert Nyanza ammunition April Arab arrived arrows Aruwimi Banalya bananas Bangala bank boat Bodo Bolobo camp canoe Captain Nelson caravan carriers Casati chief command corn deserted despatched east Egypt Emin Pasha Expedition feet fire forest friends garrison goats Gordon grass halted heard Henry Reed huts Ibwiri Ipoto Ituri River ivory Jameson Jephson journey July June Junker Kavalli Khamis Khartoum Khedive Lake Albert land leave letter Lieutenant Stairs loads Madi Major Barttelot Manyuema Mazamboni miles months morning Muini Sumai natives night Nsabé Nubar Nubar Pasha Nyanza obtained officers Parke party peace plantains reached rear column received relief rifles road route sent settlement shore sick soldiers Soudan Soudanese Stanley Falls Stanley Pool station steamer Tippu-Tib track travelled trees tribes Troup Uganda Ugarrowwa's Unyoro Upper Congo village Wadelai Ward WILLIAM BONNY wounded Yambuya yards Zanzibaris
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Page 288 - Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them : for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee ; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Page 401 - I saw a peculiar shaped cloud of a most beautiful silver colour, which assumed the proportions and appearance of a vast mountain covered with snow. Following its form downward, I became struck with the deep blue-black colour of its base, and wondered if it portended another tornado ; then as the sight descended to the gap between the eastern and western plateaus, I became for the first time conscious that what I gazed upon was not the image or semblance of a vast mountain, but the solid substance...
Page 376 - Nubians that the story was concocted by me, and that some day we should see the steamers ascend the river for their relief. But of the Regulars, who compose two battalions I am extremely doubtful. They have led such a free and happy life here, that they would demur at leaving a country where they enjoy luxuries such as they cannot hope for in Egypt.
Page 194 - She measured thirty-three inches in height, and was a perfectly formed young woman of about seventeen, of a glistening and smooth sleekness of body. Her figure was that of a miniature coloured lady, not wanting in a certain grace, and her face was very prepossessing. Her complexion was that of a quadroon, or of the colour of yellow ivory. Her eyes were magnificent, but absurdly large for such a small creature — almost as large as that of a young gazelle ; full, protruding, and extremely lustrous.
Page 112 - In that event, which would be very desirable, you will follow closely our route, and before many days we should most assuredly meet. No doubt you will find our bomas intact and standing, and you should endeavour to make your marches so that you could utilise these as you marched. Better guides than those bomas of .our route could not be made. If you do not meet them in the course of two days' march, you may rest assured that you are not on our route.
Page 376 - Well, you have a large number of cattle, some hundreds, I believe. Those will furnish beef. The countries through which we pass must furnish grain and vegetable food. And when we come to countries that will accept pay for food, we have means to pay for it, and at Msalala we have another stock of goods ready for the journey to the coast.
Page 26 - Bahr-Ghazal we have been vigorously attacked, and I do not know how to describe to you the admirable devotion of my black troops throughout a long war, which for them at least, has no advantage. Deprived of the most necessary things for a long time without any pay, my men fought valiantly, and when at last hunger weakened them, when, after nineteen days of incredible...
Page 370 - Then one rather small, slight figure, wearing glasses, arrested my attention by saying in excellent English, " I owe you a thousand thanks, Mr. Stanley ; I really do not know how to express my thanks to you.
Page 112 - ... camp along the same road traversed by us. We will endeavour, by blazing trees and cutting saplings along our road, to leave sufficient traces of the route taken by us. We shall always take, by preference, tracks leading eastward. At all crossings where paths intersect, we shall hoe up and make a hole a few inches deep across all paths not used by us, besides blazing trees when possible. It may happen, should Tippu-Tib have sent the full number of adults promised by him to me, vis.
Page 112 - Tib have sent the full number of adults promised by him to me, viz., 600 men (able to carry loads), and the Stanley has arrived safely with the 125 men left by me at Bolobo, that you will feel yourself sufficiently competent to march the column, with all the goods brought by the Stanley, and those left by me at Yambuya, along the road pursued by me.