------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. Footnotes have been moved to follow the paragraphs in which they are referenced. Captions to fullpage and smaller illustrations have been moved to fall on the nearest paragraph break. The table of contents indicates that the Index begins at p. 375. The index includes an Appendix, prior to the actual tabulation of references. The Index provides page references to both volumes of this account. In the browser version, each page reference is linked to the correct volume in Project Gutenberg’s repository. To use these links, you must use the HTML version of this text. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. THROUGH THE DARK CONTINENT. [Illustration: H. M. STANLEY. TAKEN BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE, 1874. TAKEN ON HIS EMERGING FROM AFRICA, 1877. ] THROUGH THE DARK CONTINENT OR THE SOURCES OF THE NILE AROUND THE GREAT LAKES OF EQUATORIAL AFRICA AND DOWN THE LIVINGSTONE RIVER TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN BY HENRY M. STANLEY AUTHOR OF “IN DARKEST AFRICA,” “HOW I FOUND LIVINGSTONE,” “MY KALULU,” ETC. MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS WITH A NEW PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR, WRITTEN FOR THIS EDITION. VOL. II. LONDON: GEORGE NEWNES, LIMITED SOUTHAMPTON STREET, STRAND 1899 LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS. CONTENTS. ———●——— CHAPTER I. PAGE Ujiji, its scenery, residents, market, and vicinity—Arab 1 rivals—The circumnavigation of the Tanganika—Commander Cameron and the outflowing Lukuga—The encroaching waters—The legend of the Lake—Evening CHAPTER II.