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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The Doctor, Who Knew How To Console An Ardent But Disappointed
Young Hunter, Attributed My Non-Success To Shooting With Leaden
Balls, Which Were Too Soft To Penetrate The Thick Hide Of The
Giraffes, And Advised Me To Melt My Zinc Canteens With Which To
Harden The Lead.
It was not the first time that I had cause to
think the Doctor an admirable travelling companion; none knew so
well how to console one for bad luck none knew so well how to
elevate one in his own mind.
If I killed a zebra, did not his
friend Oswell - the South African hunter - and himself long ago
come to the conclusion that zebra meat was the finest in Africa?
If I shot a buffalo cow, she was sure to be the best of her kind,
and her horns were worth while carrying home as specimens; and was
she not fat? If I returned without anything, the game was very
wild, or the people had made a noise, and the game had been
frightened; and who could stalk animals already alarmed? Indeed,
he was a most considerate companion, and, knowing him to be
literally truthful, I was proud of his praise when successful,
and when I failed I was easily consoled.
Ibrahim, the old pagazi whose feelings had been so lacerated in
Ukawendi, when his ancient kibuyu broke, before leaving Ujiji
invested his cloth in a slave from Manyuema, who bore the name
of "Ulimengo," which signifies the "World." As we approached Mpokwa,
Ulimengo absconded with all his master's property, consisting of a
few cloths and a bag of salt, which he had thought of taking to
Unyanyembe for trade.
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