LEAVES KAGEHYI WITH HALF HIS EXPEDITION -- ARRIVAL AT REFUGE ISLAND -- BRINGS UP THE REST -- ENCAMPED ON REFUGE ISLAND -- INTERVIEWED BY IROBA CANOES -- STANLEY’S FRIENDSHIP SCORNED -- THE KING OF BUMBIREH HELD AS A HOSTAGE -- THE MASSACRE OF KYTAWA CHIEF AND HIS CREW -- THE PUNISHMENT OF THE MURDERERS -- ITS SALUTARY EFFECT UPON THEIR NEIGHBORS -- ARRIVAL IN UGANDA -- LIFE AND MANNERS IN UGANDA -- THE EMPEROR -- THE LAND -- _EN ROUTE_ FOR MUTA NZIGÉ -- THE WHITE PEOPLE OF GAMBARAGARA -- LAKE WINDERMERE -- RUMANIKA, THE KING OF KARAGWÉ -- HIS COUNTRY -- THE INGEZI -- THE HOT SPRINGS OF MTAGATA -- UBAGWÉ -- MSENÉ -- ACROSS THE MALAGARAZI TO UJIJI -- SAD REFLECTIONS 389 CHAPTER XXII. WESTWARD ALONG THE CONGO TO THE ATLANTIC. SURVEYS LAKE TANGANYIKA -- SETTLES THE QUESTION OF THE RIVER LUGUKA -- AN OUTBREAK OF SMALL-POX AND FEVER IN UJIJI -- CAUSES STANLEY TO DEPART -- PUSHES HIS WAY ALONG THE RIGHT BANK OF THE LUALALA TO THE NYANGWE -- OVERLAND THROUGH UREGGA -- BROUGHT TO A STANDSTILL BY AN IMPENETRABLE FOREST -- CROSSES OVER TO THE LEFT BANK -- NORTHEAST USKUSA -- DENSE JUNGLES -- OPPOSED AND HARASSED BY HOSTILE SAVAGES -- ASSAILED NIGHT AND DAY -- THE PROGRESS OF THE EXPEDITION ALMOST HOPELESS -- DESERTED BY FORTY OF HIS PORTERS -- TAKES TO THE RIVER AS THE ONLY CHANCE TO ESCAPE -- PASS THE CATARACTS BY CUTTING A ROAD THROUGH THIRTEEN MILES OF DENSE FOREST FOR THE PASSAGE OF THE _LADY ALICE_ AND THE CANOES -- ALMOST INCESSANTLY FIGHTING THE SAVAGES -- THREATENED WITH STARVATION -- THREE DAYS WITHOUT FOOD -- MEET WITH A FRIENDLY TRIBE WITH WHOM THEY BARTER FOR SUPPLIES -- MANY FALLS AND FURIOUS RAPIDS -- AGAIN ATTACKED BY A MORE WARLIKE TRIBE, ARMED WITH FIREARMS -- ALMOST STARVED AND WORN-OUT WITH FATIGUE, REACHES ISANGILA -- LEAVES THE RIVER -- TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS OF HIS PEOPLE -- RELIEF FROM EMBOMMA -- REACH EMBOMMA -- KABINDA AND LONDA -- SAIL FOR CAPE OF GOOD HOPE -- THENCE RETURN BY STEAMER TO ZANZIBAR -- CLOSE OF THE EXPEDITION 404 CHAPTER XXIII. THE WONDERFUL RESOURCES OF THE CONGO. THE MESSENGERS OF KING LEOPOLD II., OF BELGIUM -- MEET STANLEY AT MARSEILLES, FRANCE -- OBJECT OF THE INTERVIEW -- ANOTHER EXPEDITION TO AFRICA, TO EXPLORE THE CONGO, IN THE INTERESTS OF COMMERCE -- THE COMITÉ D’ETUDES DU HAUT CONGO -- OBJECT OF THE EXPEDITION DEFINED -- STANLEY RETURNS TO AFRICA -- ARRIVAL AT THE MOUTH OF THE CONGO -- COMMERCIAL POSSIBILITIES OF THE CONGO BASIN -- RAILWAYS NECESSARY -- THE POPULATION -- STATISTICS OF TRADE -- PRODUCTS OF THE IMMENSE FORESTS -- MARVELLOUS BEAUTY OF THE COUNTRY -- VEGETABLE PRODUCTS -- PALMS -- INDIA-RUBBER PLANTS -- THE ORCHILLA -- REDWOOD POWDER -- VEGETABLE FIBRES -- SKINS OF ANIMALS -- IVORY -- THE CLIMATE -- IMPORTANCE OF THE EXPEDITION, BOTH COMMERCIALLY AND POLITICALLY -- RETURN OF STANLEY TO ENGLAND 420 CHAPTER XXIV.