How I Found Livingstone Travels, Adventures And Discoveries In Central Africa Including Four Months Residence With Dr. Livingstone By Sir Henry M. Stanley
- Page 219 of 595 - First - Home
The Morning Of The 29th I Had Fifty Men Loaded With Bales, Beads,
And Wire, For Ujiji.
When they were mustered for the march
outside the tembe, the only man absent was Bombay.
While men were
sent to search for him, others departed to get one more look, and
one more embrace with their black Delilahs. Bombay was found some
time about 2 P.M., his face faithfully depicting the contending
passions under which he was labouring - sorrow at parting from the
fleshpots of Unyanyembe - regret at parting from his Dulcinea of
Tabora - to be, bereft of all enjoyment now, nothing but
marches - hard, long marches - to go to the war - to be killed,
perhaps, Oh! Inspired by such feelings, no wonder Bombay was
inclined to be pugnacious when I ordered him to his place, and I
was in a shocking bad temper for having been kept waiting from
8 A.M. to 2 P.M. for him. There was simply a word and a savage
look, and my cane was flying around Bombay's shoulders, as if he
were to be annihilated. I fancy that the eager fury of my
onslaught broke his stubbornness more than anything else; for
before I had struck him a dozen times he was crying for "pardon."
At that word I ceased belaboring him, for this was the first time
he had ever uttered that word. Bombay was conquered at last.
"March!" and the guide led off, followed in solemn order by
forty-nine of his fellows, every man carrying a heavy load of
African moneys, besides his gun, hatchet, and stock of ammunition,
and his ugali-pot.
Enter page number
PreviousNext
Page 219 of 595
Words from 59784 to 60056
of 163520
