The Boy Travellers on the Congo: Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey with Henry M. Stanley "Through the Dark Continent"Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)
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The Boy Travellers on the Congo: Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey with Henry M. Stanley "Through the Dark Continent"
Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)
Adventure stories; Africa, Central -- Description and travel -- Juvenile fiction; Animals -- Juvenile fiction; Biographical fiction; Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Congo River -- Juvenile fiction; Hunting -- Juvenile fiction; Natural history --
DEPARTURE FOR REFUGE ISLAND.--ARRIVAL IN UGANDA.--MTESA AT
WAR.--STANLEY JOINS HIM AT RIPON FALLS.--A NAVAL BATTLE ON AN
AFRICAN LAKE.--THE WAGANDA REPULSED.--CAPTURE OF A WAVUMA
CHIEF.--STANLEY SAVES THE CHIEF'S LIFE.--HOW STANLEY BROUGHT THE
WAR TO AN END.--HIS WONDERFUL MACHINE FOR DESTROYING THE
WAVUMA.--RETIREMENT OF THE ARMY.--STANLEY'S RETURN TO HIS
CAMP.--EXPEDITION TO MUTA NZEGE.--HOW IT FAILED.--THE EXPEDITION
MARCHES SOUTHWARD.--IN KING RUMANIKA'S COUNTRY.--ARAB TRADERS IN
AFRICA.--HAMED IBRAHIM.--KAFURRO AND LAKE WINDERMERE.--INTERVIEWS
WITH KING RUMANIKA.--EXPLORING LAKE WINDERMERE.--AN UNHAPPY
NIGHT.--IHEMA ISLAND. 102
CHAPTER VI.
STANLEY TELLS ABOUT KING RUMANIKA.--THE KARAGWÉ GEOGRAPHICAL
SOCIETY.--THE KING'S TREASURE-HOUSE.--GOOD-BYE TO HIS
MAJESTY.--HOSTILITY BETWEEN ELEPHANT AND RHINOCEROS.--PLUNDERED
IN USUI.--THE SOURCES OF THE ALEXANDRA NILE.--RETROSPECTION.--
QUESTIONS OF TOPOGRAPHY.--INSOLENCE OF MANKORONGO.--DEATH OF
"BULL."--TROUBLES WITH THE PETTY KINGS.--INTERVIEW WITH THE
FAMOUS MIRAMBO.--GENERAL APPEARANCE OF THE RENOWNED
AFRICAN.--AN IMPOSING CEREMONY.--BLOOD-BROTHERHOOD.--HOW
GRANT'S CARAVAN WAS PLUNDERED.--MYONGA'S THREATS.--A
COMPROMISE.--AMONG THE WATUTA.--IN SIGHT OF LAKE TANGANIKA.--
ARRIVAL AT UJIJI. 124
CHAPTER VII.
MR. STANLEY TAKES THE CHAIR.--DESCRIPTION OF UJIJI.--THE ARAB
AND OTHER INHABITANTS.--MARKET SCENES.--LOCAL CURRENCY.--THE
WAJIJI.--LAKE TANGANIKA.--STANLEY'S VOYAGE ON THE LAKE.--RISING
OF THE WATERS.--THE LEGEND OF THE WELL.--HOW THE LAKE WAS
FORMED.--DEPARTURE OF THE EXPEDITION.--SCENERY OF THE COAST.--
MOUNTAINS WHERE THE SPIRITS DWELL.--SEEKING THE OUTLET OF THE
LAKE.--THE LUKUGA RIVER.--EXPERIMENTS TO FIND A CURRENT.--CURIOUS
HEAD-DRESSES.--RETURN TO UJIJI.--LENGTH AND EXTENT OF LAKE
TANGANIKA. 152
CHAPTER VIII.
STANLEY CONTINUES THE READING.--BAD NEWS AT UJIJI.--SMALL-POX
AND ITS RAVAGES.--DESERTIONS BY WHOLESALE.--DEPARTURE OF THE
EXPEDITION.--CROSSING LAKE TANGANIKA.--TRAVELLERS' TROUBLES.--
TERRIFYING RUMORS.--PEOPLE WEST OF THE LAKE.--SINGULAR
HEAD-DRESSES--CANNIBALISM.--DESCRIPTION OF AN AFRICAN
VILLAGE.--APPEARANCE OF THE INHABITANTS.--IN MANYEMA.--STORY
ABOUT LIVINGSTONE.--MANYEMA HOUSES.--DONKEYS AS CURIOSITIES.--
KITETÉ AND HIS BEARD.--THE LUAMA AND THE LUALABA.--ON THE BANKS
OF THE LIVINGSTONE. 174
CHAPTER IX.
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