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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I saw fertile fields,
riant vegetation, strange trees - I heard the cry of cricket
and pee-wit, and sibilant
Sound of many insects, all of which
seemed to tell me, "At last you are started." What could I
do but lift my face toward the pure-glowing sky, and cry,
"God be thanked!"
The first camp, Shamba Gonera, we arrived at in 1 hour 30 minutes,
equal to 3 1/4 miles. This first, or "little journey," was
performed very well, "considering," as the Irishman says.
The boy Selim upset the cart not more than three times. Zaidi,
the soldier, only once let his donkey, which carried one bag
of my clothes and a box of ammunition, lie in a puddle of
black water. The clothes have to be re-washed; the
ammunition-box, thanks to my provision, was waterproof.
Kamna perhaps knew the art of donkey-driving, but, overjoyful
at the departure, had sung himself into oblivion of the
difficulties with which an animal of the pure asinine breed has
naturally to contend against, such as not knowing the right road,
and inability to resist the temptation of straying into the depths
of a manioc field; and the donkey, ignorant of the custom in vogue
amongst ass-drivers of flourishing sticks before an animal's nose,
and misunderstanding the direction in which he was required to go,
ran off at full speed along an opposite road, until his pack got
unbalanced, and he was fain to come to the earth.
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