How I found Livingstone : $b Travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. LivingstoneStanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)
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How I found Livingstone : $b Travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone
Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)
Africa, Central -- Description and travel; Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
Who is your master?
Chorus.--The White Man.
Ough! Ough!
Chorus.--Ough! Ough!
Hyah! Hyah!
Chorus.--Hyah. Hyah!"
This was the ridiculous song they kept up all day without intermission.
We camped the first day at Bomboma's village, situated a mile to the
south-west of the natural hill fortress of Zimbili. Bombay was quite
recovered from his thrashing, and had banished the sullen thoughts that
had aroused my ire, and the men having behaved themselves so well, a
five-gallon pot of pombe was brought to further nourish the valour,
which they one and all thought they possessed.
The second day we arrived at Masangi. I was visited soon afterwards by
Soud, the son of Sayd bin Majid, who told me the Arabs were waiting for
me; that they would not march from Mfuto until I had arrived.
Eastern Mfuto, after a six hours' march, was reached on the third day
from Unyanyembe. Shaw gave in, laid down in the road, and declared he
was dying. This news was brought to me about 4 P.M. by one of the last
stragglers. I was bound to despatch men to carry him to me, into my
camp, though every man was well tired after the long march. A reward
stimulated half-a-dozen to venture into the forest just at dusk to find
Shaw, who was supposed to be at least three hours away from camp.
About two o'clock in the morning my men returned, having carried Shaw on
their backs the entire distance. I was roused up, and had him conveyed
to my tent. I examined him, and I assured myself he was not suffering
from fever of any kind; and in reply to my inquiries as to how he
felt, he said he could neither walk nor ride, that he felt such extreme
weakness and lassitude that he was incapable of moving further. After
administering a glass of port wine to him in a bowlful of sago gruel, we
both fell asleep.
We arrived early the following morning at Mfuto, the rendezvous of the
Arab army. A halt was ordered the next day, in order to make ourselves
strong by eating the beeves, which we freely slaughtered.
The personnel of our army was as follows:
Sheikh Sayd bin Salim...... 25 half caste
" Khamis bin Abdullah.... 250 slaves
" Thani bin Abdullah.... 80 "
" Mussoud bin Abdullah.... 75 "
" Abdullah bin Mussoud.... 80 "
" Ali bin Sayd bin Nasib... 250 "
" Nasir bin Mussoud..... 50 "
" Hamed Kimiami...... 70 "
" Hamdam........ 30 "
" Sayd bin Habib...... 50 "
" Salim bin Sayf..... 100 "
" Sunguru........ 25 "
" Sarboko........ 25 "
" Soud bin Sayd bin Majid... 50 "
" Mohammed bin Mussoud.... 30 "
" Sayd bin Hamed...... 90 "
" The 'Herald' Expedition... 50 soldiers
" Mkasiwa's Wanyamwezi... 800 "
" Half-castes and Wangwana.. 125 "
" Independent chiefs and their
followers....... 300 "
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