How I Found Livingstone Travels, Adventures And Discoveries In Central Africa Including Four Months Residence With Dr. Livingstone By Sir Henry M. Stanley
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Two Of My Men Were Following Him; These Selim
Was Ordered To Force Back With A Revolver.
Shaw was saddling
his donkey with my own saddle, preparatory to giving me the slip,
and leaving me in
The lurch to the tender mercies of Mirambo.
There were only Bombay, Mabruki Speke, Chanda who was coolly
eating his dinner, Mabruk Unyauyembe, Mtamani, Juma, and
Sarmean - -only seven out of fifty. All the others had deserted,
and were by this time far away, except Uledi (Manwa Sera) and
Zaidi, whom Selim brought back at the point of a loaded revolver.
Selim was then told to saddle my donkey, and Bombay to assist
Shaw to saddle his own. In a few moments we were on the road,
the men ever looking back for the coming enemy; they belabored
the donkeys to some purpose, for they went at a hard trot,
which caused me intense pain. I would gladly have lain down
to die, but life was sweet, and I had not yet given up all
hope of being able to preserve it to the full and final
accomplishment of my mission. My mind was actively at work
planning and contriving during the long lonely hours of night,
which we employed to reach Mfuto, whither I found the Arabs had
retreated. In the night Shaw tumbled off his donkey, and would
not rise, though implored to do so. As I did not despair myself,
so I did not intend that Shaw should despair. He was lifted on
his animal, and a man was placed on each side of him to assist him;
thus we rode through the darkness.
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