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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It Certainly Is Not A Myth - The Death
Of My Two White Assistants; They, Poor Fellows, Found Their Fate
In The Inhospitable Regions Of The Interior.
One of my letters received from Zanzibar by my messengers states
that there is an expedition at Bagamoyo called the "Livingstone
Search and Relief Expedition." What will the leaders of it do now?
Livingstone is found and relieved already.
Livingstone says he
requires nothing more. It is a misfortune that they did not start
earlier; then they might with propriety proceed, and be welcomed.
May 4th. - -Arrived at Kingwere's Ferry, but we were unable to
attract the attention of the canoe paddler. Between our camp and
Bagamoyo we have an inundated plain that is at least four miles
broad. The ferrying of our Expedition across this broad watery
waste will occupy considerable time.
May 5th. - Kingwere, the canoe proprietor, came about 11 A.M.
from his village at Gongoni, beyond the watery plain. By his
movements I am fain to believe him to be a descendant of some
dusky King Log, for I have never seen in all this land the
attributes and peculiarities of that royal personage so
faithfully illustrated as in Kingwere. He brought two canoes
with him, short, cranky things, in which only twelve of us
could embark at a time. It was 3 o'clock in the afternoon
before we arrived at Gongoni village.
May 6th. - After impressing Kingwere with the urgent necessity of
quick action on his part, with a promise of an extra five-dollar
gold piece, I had the satisfaction to behold the last man reach
my camp at 3.30 p.m.
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