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 --
THE WEARY MARCH RESUMED.--RETURN OF THE MESSENGERS.--ARRIVAL OF
RELIEF.--SCENE IN CAMP.--DISTRIBUTION OF PROVISIONS.--THE SONG OF
JOY.--A WELCOME LETTER.--"ENOUGH NOW: FALL TO."--PERSONAL
LUXURIES FOR THE LEADER.--"PALE ALE! SHERRY! PORT WINE! CHAMPAGNE!
TEA! COFFEE! WHITE SUGAR! WHEATEN BREAD!"--STANLEY'S REPLY TO THE
GENEROUS STRANGERS.--SUMMARY PUNISHMENT FOR THEFT.--GREETING
CIVILIZATION.--RECEPTION BY WHITE MEN.--THE FREEDOM OF BOMA.--
LIFTED INTO THE HAMMOCK.--CHARACTERISTICS OF BOMA.--A BANQUET AND
FAREWELL.--PONTA DA LENHA.--OUT ON THE OCEAN.--ADIEU TO THE CONGO. 351
CHAPTER XVIII.
ARRIVAL AT KABINDA.--WEST AFRICAN MERCHANTS.--DEATH AMONG THE
WANGWANA.--ILLNESS AMONG THE PEOPLE OF THE EXPEDITION.--STANLEY'S
ANXIETY FOR HIS FOLLOWERS.--THEIR FAILING HEALTH.--ENCOURAGING
THEM WITH WORDS AND KIND TREATMENT.--THE BANE OF IDLENESS.--
LEAVING KABINDA.--SAN PAULO DE LOANDA.--KINDNESS OF THE PORTUGUESE
OFFICIALS.--H. B. MAJESTY'S SHIP "INDUSTRY."--CARRIED TO THE CAPE
OF GOOD HOPE.--THE WANGWANA SEE A "FIRE-CARRIAGE."--TO NATAL AND
ZANZIBAR.--RECEPTION.--DISBANDING THE EXPEDITION.--AFFECTING
SCENES.--STANLEY'S TRIBUTE TO HIS FOLLOWERS. 365
CHAPTER XIX.
THE LAST MEETING ON BOARD THE "EIDER."--FOUNDING THE FREE STATE OF
CONGO.--MR. STANLEY'S LATER WORK ON THE GREAT RIVER.--BUILDING
ROADS AND ESTABLISHING STATIONS.--MAKING PEACE WITH THE NATIVES.--
BULA MATARI.--RESOURCES OF THE CONGO VALLEY.--STANLEY'S LATEST
BOOK.--STEAMERS ON THE RIVER.--THE CONGO RAILWAY.--STANLEY'S
PRESENT MISSION IN AFRICA.--EMIN PASHA AND HIS WORK.--HOW STANLEY
PROPOSES TO RELIEVE HIM.--DR. SCHNITZLER.--BEY OR PASHA?--MWANGA,
KING OF UGANDA.--HIS HOSTILITY TO WHITE MEN.--KILLING BISHOP
HANNINGTON.--THE EGYPTIAN EQUATORIAL PROVINCE.--LETTER FROM
STANLEY.--HIS PLANS FOR THE RELIEF EXPEDITION.--TIPPU-TIB AND HIS
MEN.--FROM ZANZIBAR TO THE CONGO. 381
CHAPTER XX.
MORE AFRICAN STUDIES.--MASAI LAND.--EARLY HISTORY OF THE MOMBASA
COAST.--MOUNT KILIMANJARO.--ITS DISCOVERERS AND EXPLORERS.--
REBMANN'S UMBRELLA.--THOMSON'S EXPEDITION AND ITS OBJECT.--FRERE
TOWN AND MOMBASA.--JOURNEY TO MASAI LAND.--HOSTILITY OF THE
NATIVES.--NARROW ESCAPES.--MASAI WARRIORS AND THEIR OCCUPATIONS.--
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLE.--THOMSON AS A MAGICIAN.--
JOHNSTON'S KILIMANJARO EXPEDITION.--HEIGHT AND PECULIARITIES OF
THE GREAT MOUNTAIN.--MANDARA AND HIS COURT.--SLAVE-TRADING.--MASAI
WOMEN.--SURROUNDED BY LIONS.--BISHOP HANNINGTON.--STORY OF HIS
DEATH IN UGANDA. 410
CHAPTER XXI.
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