Autobiography of Henry M. Stanley
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ISBN10: 1150849584
ISBN13: 9781150849589
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 398
Weight: 1.28
Height: 0.88 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781150849589
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 398
Weight: 1.28
Height: 0.88 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ...river be the Nile, then? Yet its course is northward and Nileward, --has been northward and Nileward ever since it left Bangweolo Lake, seven hundred miles south of where he stands, --and, for many weeks' travel along its banks, all reports prove that it continues its northerly flow. To settle this exasperating puzzle, he endeavours to purchase canoes for its navigation; but his men become rebellious and frantic in their opposition, and Livingstone finds that every attempt he makes is thwarted. While hesitating what to do, he receives a letter, which informs him that another caravan has arrived for him at Ujiji. He resolves to journey back to Lake Tanganyika, and dismiss these obstinate and mutinous followers of his; and, with new men, carefully chosen, return to this interesting field, and explore it until he discovers the bourn of that immense river. He arrives at Ujiji about the 1st of November, 1871, only to find that his caravan has been disbanded, and the goods sold by its chief; in other words, that his present state is worse than ever! He is now in his fifty-ninth year, far away from the scene of his premeditated labours; the sea, where he might have rest and relief from these continually-repeating misfortunes, though only nine hundred miles off, is as inaccessible as the moon to him, because Miramboand his bandits are carrying on a ravaging and desolating war throughout all the region east of Ujiji. The Arabs of the colony have no comfort to impart to him, for they, too, feel the doom of isolation impending over them. Over and over again, they have despatched scouts eastward, and each time these have returned with the authentic news that all routes to the sea are closed by sanguinary brigandage. Not knowing how long this period may last, ...