PUBLIC OPINION IN ENGLAND -- A RELIEF COMMITTEE ORGANIZED -- SUBSCRIPTION OF FUNDS TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF AN EXPEDITION -- HENRY M. STANLEY CALLED TO ENGLAND BY CABLE -- ACCEPTS COMMAND OF THE RELIEF EXPEDITION -- STANLEY’S OPINION AS TO THE CHARACTER OF THE EXPEDITION AND THE BEST ROUTE -- REACHES ZANZIBAR -- MEETS TIPPU-TIB -- SUPPLIED WITH 600 CARRIERS -- CONSENTS TO ACCOMPANY STANLEY -- SAILS FOR THE MOUTH OF THE CONGO FEBRUARY 25TH -- REACHES THE ARUWIMI IN JUNE -- LEAVES A REARGUARD AT YAMBUYA -- ADVANCES TOWARDS ALBERT NYANZA ALONG THE VALLEY OF THE ARUWIMI -- STARTLING RUMORS -- STANLEY AND EMIN REPORTED TO BE IN THE HANDS OF THE ARABS -- A LETTER IN PROOF RECEIVED FROM A MAHDIST OFFICER IN THE SOUDAN -- NEWS OF DISASTERS ON THE CONGO -- MURDER OF DR. BARTTELOT -- DEATH OF MR. JAMIESON -- THE GLOOMY NEWS REGARDING STANLEY’S FATE -- THE OPINION OF THOMSON, THE AFRICAN TRAVELLER -- NEWS OF STANLEY’S ARRIVAL AT EMIN’S CAPITAL RECEIVED DECEMBER, 1888 -- FIRST NEWS FROM STANLEY HIMSELF APRIL 3, 1889 -- FULL ACCOUNT OF HIS MARCH, AND THE TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES SUFFERED, FROM YAMBUYA TO THE ALBERT NYANZA 457 CHAPTER XXVII. MEETING OF STANLEY AND EMIN PASHA. EMIN PASHA ARRIVES BY STEAMER, ACCOMPANIED BY CASATI AND MR. JEPHSON -- MEETING WITH STANLEY -- CAMP TOGETHER FOR TWENTY-SIX DAYS -- STANLEY RETURNS TO FORT BODO -- LEAVES JEPHSON WITH EMIN -- RELIEVES CAPT. NELSON AND LIEUT. STAIRS -- TERRIBLE LOSS SUFFERED BY LIEUT. STAIR’S PARTY -- LEAVES FORT BODO FOR KILONGA-LONGA’S AND UGARROWWA -- THE LATTER DESERTED -- MEETS THE REAR COLUMN OF THE EXPEDITION A WEEK LATER AT BUNALYA -- MEETS BONNY, AND LEARNS OF THE DEATH OF MAJOR BARTTELOT -- TERRIBLE WRECK OF THE REAR COLUMN -- SEVENTY-ONE OUT OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN LEFT -- THE RECORD ONE OF DISASTER, DESERTION AND DEATH -- INTERVIEW WITH EMIN -- EMIN’S CONDITION -- EMIN AND JEPHSON SURROUNDED BY THE REBELS AND TAKEN PRISONERS -- STANLEY’S RETURN A SECOND TIME TO ALBERT NYANZA -- LETTER OF STANLEY GEOGRAPHICALLY DESCRIBING THE FOREST REGION TRAVERSED BY HIM -- SKETCHES THE COURSE OF THE ARUWIMI -- A RETROSPECT OF HIS THRILLING EXPERIENCES AS FAR AS THE VICTORIA NYANZA, AUGUST 28TH, 1889 481 CHAPTER XXVIII. GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERIES _EN ROUTE_.