Through the Dark Continent, Vol. 1 (of 2) : $b or, The sources of the Nile around the Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic OceanStanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)
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Through the Dark Continent, Vol. 1 (of 2) : $b or, The sources of the Nile around the Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean
Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)
Africa, Central -- Description and travel; Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904 -- Travel -- Africa, Central
The legend of the Blameless Priest—The heroes of Uganda: Chwa;
Kimera, the giant; Nakivingi; Kibaga, the flying warrior;
Ma’anda; Wakinguru, the champion; Kamanya, the conqueror of
the Wakedi; Suna, the cruel; his massacre of the Wasoga;
Namujurilwa, the Achilles of Uganda; Setuba and his lions;
Kasindula the hero, peasant, and premier—Mtesa the mild-eyed 270
CHAPTER XV.
Life and manners in Uganda—The Peasant—The Chief—The Emperor—The
Land 299
CHAPTER XVI.
TO MUTA NZIGÉ AND BACK TO UGANDA.
The ladies of Mtesa’s family—Sambuzi ordered to take me to Muta
Nzigé—My last evening with Mtesa—_En route_ for Muta Nzigé—
Sambuzi suffers from the “big head”—We come to an
understanding—The white people of Gambaragara—War music—Through
a deserted country—Sinister auguries—A cowards’ council of
war—Panic in the camp—Sambuzi announces his intention of
deserting me—The flight when none pursued—The “Spoiler” eaten
up—Mtesa tries to persuade me to return—At Kafurro 326
CHAPTER XVII.
Kafurro and its magnates—Lake Windermere—Rumanika, the gentle
king of Karagwé—His country—The Ingezi—Among the mosquitoes—
Ihema Island—The triple cones of Ufumbiro—Double-horned
rhinoceros—The hot springs of Mtagata—The Geographical Society
of Karagwé—The philosophy of noses—Rumanika’s thesauron—Some
new facts about the rhinoceros and elephant—Uhimba—Paganus,
var. esuriens—Retrospect 356
CHAPTER XVIII.
The twin rivers—Mankorongo baulked of his loot—Poor Bull!
True to the death—Msenna breaks out again—The Terror of
Africa appears on the scene—Mars at peace—“Dig potatoes,
potatoes, potatoes”—Mirambo, the bandit chief, and I make
blood-brotherhood—Little kings with “big heads”—Practical
conversion of the chief of Ubagwé—The Watuta, the Ishmaelites
of Africa—Their history—African nomenclature—From Msené across
the Malagarazi to Ujiji—Sad memories 379
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.
NO. PAGE
1. H. M. STANLEY. (_After Walery_) _Frontispiece_
2. VIEW FROM THE ROOF OF MR. AUGUSTUS _To face page_ 32
SPARHAWK’S HOUSE. (_From a photograph_)
3. BURYING OUR DEAD IN HOSTILE TURU: VIEW OF ” 92
OUR CAMP
4. RECEPTION BY KING MTESA’S BODY-GUARD AT ” 148
USAVARA
5. MTESA, THE EMPEROR OF UGANDA. (_From a ” 152
photograph_)
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