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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While Marching Down
This Valley - Which Soon Changed Its Dry, Bleached Aspect To A Vivid
Green - We Saw A Forest In The Distance, And Shortly Found Ourselves
In Corn-Fields.
Looking keenly around for a village, we descried
it on the summit of the lofty triangular hill on our right.
A loud
exultant shout was raised at the discovery. The men threw down their
packs, and began to clamour for food. Volunteers were asked to
come forward to take cloth, and scale the heights to obtain it from
the village, at any price. While three or four sallied off we rested
on the ground, quite worn out. In about an hour the foraging party
returned with the glorious tidings that food was plentiful; that the
village we saw was called, "Welled Nzogera's" - the son of Nzogera - by
which, of course, we knew that we were in Uvinza, Nzogera being the
principal chief in Uvinza. We were further informed that Nzogera,
the father, was at war with Lokanda-Mire, about some salt-pans in
the valley of the Malagarazi, and that it would be difficult to go
to Ujiji by the usual road, owing to this war; but, for a
consideration, the son of Nzogera was willing to supply us with
guides, who would take us safely, by a northern road, to Ujiji.
Everything auguring well for our prospects, we encamped to enjoy
the good cheer, for which our troubles and privations, during the
transit of the Ukawendi forests and jungles, had well prepared us.
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