Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa: A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent — John Shaqi
Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa: A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark ContinentHeadley, Joel Tyler
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Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa: A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent
Headley, Joel Tyler
Africa, Central -- Description and travel; Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904
Down with fever--Strange tribes--A cowardly mob--The country
described--What Africa may be--Tribes of Africa--Marks and
weapons--African ornamentation--A nobler tribe--Warriors
armed--Filthy homes--Social customs--Agriculture, 93
CHAPTER VI.
ADVENTURES IN GREAT VARIETY.
Chiefs of Tabna--Fighting with Mirambo--A Flying caravan--
Despondency--Triumph--Shaw left--The hunter's paradise--On the
hunt--Crocodiles, 128
CHAPTER VII.
THE END APPROACHES.
Mutinous conduct--News of a white man--Hastening to Ujiji--A
screaming woman--A narrow escape, 150
CHAPTER VIII.
STANLEY MEETS LIVINGSTONE.
Ujiji in sight--The village entered--The doctor at hand--The lost
found--Opening his mail--Talking and eating--A long talk--Ambition
satisfied, 161
CHAPTER IX.
STANLEY'S HOMEWARD MARCH.
Sweet converse--Livingstone's surprise--Homeward bound--Parting
with Livingstone--Tribute to Livingstone--Passing the swamps--Again
at Zanzibar, 180
CHAPTER X.
STANLEY'S SECOND EXPEDITION.
Journeying inland--Lost in the jungle--Lion soup--Plenty of
food--Edward Pocoke's death--Letter of condolence--Burial of
Pocoke--Magic doctor, 197
CHAPTER XI.
PRESSING TOWARD THE INTERIOR.
A hostile surprise--A battle--A massacre--Summary retribution--Confident
amid perils--Immense table-lands--Geological history, 216
CHAPTER XII.
EXPLORATION OF THE VICTORIA NYANZA.
Getting to work--Journal of the explorations--Navigating the
lake--A narrow escape--Review of the route, 231
CHAPTER XIII.
EXPLORATION OF THE VICTORIA NYANZA.
Source of the Nile--King Mtesa--Royally entertained--The needed
missionary--Wild justice, 243
CHAPTER XIV.
EXPLORATION OF THE VICTORIA NYANZA.
A night surprise--Narrow escape--In a storm--A welcome sight--A
treacherous trick--A critical moment--Terrible recompense--A
night tempest--Again in the storm, 256
CHAPTER XV.
AN INTERVAL OF REST.
Proposals to abandon camp--Rest after toil--Stanley's
day-dreams--Seeking canoes--The king's strategy--Treachery
thwarted, 277
CHAPTER XVI.
PREPARATIONS FOR FURTHER EXPLORATIONS.
Organizing an attack--Terrible punishment--Completely subdued--New
schemes--The Albert Nyanza--Military escort, 291
CHAPTER XVII.
THE EXPEDITION TO ALBERT NYANZA.
Snow-capped mountains--A strange race--Toward the Albert Nyanza--A
miserable failure--The inglorious return--Mtesa's friendship--Lakes
of Karagwe--Sources of the Nile--Exploring the
Kagera--An African village--Bead currency, 304
CHAPTER XVIII.
EXPLORATIONS OF LAKE TANGANIKA.
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