In Darkest Africa, Vol. 2; or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of EquatoriaStanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)
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In Darkest Africa, Vol. 2; or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria
Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)
Africa, Central -- Description and travel; Emin Pasha, 1840-1892
Importance of maps in books of travels--The time spent over my maps--The
dry bed of a lake discovered near Karimi; its computed size--Lessons
acquired in this wonderful region--What we learn by observation from the
Semliki valley to the basin of the twin lakes--Extensive plain between
Rusessé and Katwé--The Zeribas of euphorbia of Wasongora--The raid of
the Waganda made eighteen years ago--The grass and water on the wide
expanses of flats--The last view and southern face of Ruwenzori--The
town of Katwé--The Albert Edward Nyanza--Analysis of the brine obtained
from the Salt Lake at Katwé--Surroundings of the Salt Lake--The blood
tints of its waters--The larger Salt Lake of Katwé, sometimes called
Lake of Mkiyo--The great repute of the Katwé salt--The Lakists of the
Albert Edward--Bevwa, on our behalf, makes friends with the
natives--Kakuri appears with some Wasongora chiefs--Exploration of the
large Katwé lake--Kaiyura’s settlement--Katwé Bay--A black leopard--The
native huts at Mukungu--We round an arm of the lake called Beatrice
Gulf, and halt at Muhokya--Ambuscade by some of the Wara-Sura, near the
Rukoki: we put them to flight--And capture a Mhuma woman--Captain Nelson
and men follow up the rear guard of Rukara--Halt at Buruli: our Wakonju
and Wasongora friends leave us--Sickness amongst us through bad
water--The Nsongi River crossed--Capture of a Wara-Sura--Illness and
death among the Egyptians and blacks--Our last engagement with the
Wara-Sura at Kavandaré pass--Bulemo-Ruigi places his country at our
disposal--The Pasha’s muster roll--Myself and others are smitten down
with fever at Katari Settlement--The south side of Lake Albert Edward
and rivers feeding the Lake--Our first and last view, also colour of the
Lake--What we might have seen if the day had been clearer 334
CHAPTER XXXII.
THROUGH ANKORI TO THE ALEXANDRA NILE.
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