────────────────────┬────────┬──────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┬────────── │ │ │ │ │ │ State or Territory. │ White │Miles │ No. of │ No. of │Value of │Revenues, │ Popul- │ of │Missions,│Christian│ Imports │including │ ation. │Rail- │ Schools │Converts.│ and │Subsidies. │ │ way. │ or │ │Exports. │ │ │ │Churches.│ │ │ ────────────────────┼────────┼──────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼────────── Congo State │ 1,678│ 250│ 67│ 10,000│1,585,542│ 590,602 Uganda Protectorate │ 100│ ..│ 372│ 97,575│ 28,400│ 142,000 British E. Africa │ 101│ 237│ 6│ 600│ 218,800│ 102,670 British Cent. Africa│ 300│ ..│ 55│ 5,000│ 116,264│ 30,000 French Congo │ 300│ ..│ 25│ 2,500│ 452,282│ 123,622 German E. Africa │ 922│ 30│ 15│ 2,500│ 638,000│ 218,495 German Cameroons │ 253│ ..│ 5│ 900│ 465,000│ 58,328 ────────────────────┼────────┼──────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼────────── Totals │ 3,651│ 517│ 545│ 119,075│3,504,288│ 1,265,717 ────────────────────┴────────┴──────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┴────────── Remarkable as has been the progress of the above territories hitherto, my most sincere wish is that there may be still greater acceleration of it during the next twenty years. HENRY M. STANLEY. _January 1st, 1899._ CONTENTS. --- EXPLANATION. PAGE PART I.—My new mission—_The Daily Telegraph_—“_Yes; Bennett_”— The _Lady Alice_—My European staff—Disappointed applicants and thoughtful friends—My departure for Africa. PART II.—The Sources of the Nile—Herodotus on the Nile—Burton on the Nile basin—Lake Tanganika—Lake Victoria—Speke, Grant, and Cameron— The Livingstone River—The work before me 1 CHAPTER I. Arrival at Zanzibar Island—Life at Zanzibar—The town of Zanzibar, its roadstead and buildings—The One Cocoa-nut Tree and the red cliffs—Selection and purchase of goods for the journey—Residence of Prince Barghash—Busy mornings—Pleasant rides and quiet evenings 22 CHAPTER II.