p. A good Samaritan. Reaches Mamohela and is prostrated.
Beneficial effects of Nyumbo plant. Long illness. An elephant of
three tusks. All men desert except Susi, Chuma, and Gardner.
Starts with these to Lualaba. Arab assassinated by outraged
Manyuema. Returns baffled to Mamohela. Long and dreadful
suffering from ulcerated feet. Questionable cannibalism. Hears
of four river sources close together. Resume of discoveries.
Contemporary explorers. The soko. Description of its habits. Dr.
Livingstone feels himself failing. Intrigues of deserters
CHAPTER III.
Footsteps of Moses. Geology of Manyuema land. "A drop of
comfort." Continued sufferings. A stationary explorer.
Consequences of trusting to theory. Nomenclature of Rivers and
Lakes. Plunder and murder is Ujijian trading. Comes out of hut
for first time after eighty days' illness. Arab cure for
ulcerated sores. Rumour of letters. The loss of medicines a
great trial now. The broken-hearted chief. Return of Arab ivory
traders. Future plans. Thankfulness for Mr. Edward Young's
Search Expedition. The Hornbilled Phoenix. Tedious delays. The
bargain for the boy. Sends letters to Zanzibar. Exasperation of
Manyuema against Arabs. The "Sassassa bird." The disease
"Safura."
CHAPTER IV.
Degraded state of the Manyuema. Want of writing materials.
Lion's fat a specific against tsetse. The Neggeri. Jottings
about Merere. Various sizes of tusks. An epidemic. The strangest
disease of all! The New Year. Detention at Bambarre. Goitre.
News of the cholera. Arrival of coast caravan. The
parrot's-feather challenge. Murder of James. Men arrive as
servants. They refuse to go north. Part at last with
malcontents. Receives letters from Dr. Kirk and the Sultan.
Doubts as to the Congo or Nile. Katomba presents a young soko.
Forest scenery. Discrimination of the Manyuema. They "want to
eat a white one." Horrible bloodshed by Ujiji traders. Heartsore
and sick of blood. Approach Nyangwe. Reaches the Lualaba
CHAPTER V.
The Chitoka or market gathering. The broken watch. Improvises
ink. Builds a new house at Nyangwe on the bank of the Lualaba.
Marketing. Cannibalism. Lake Kamalondo. Dreadful effect of
slaving. News of country across the Lualaba. Tiresome
frustration. The Bakuss. Feeble health. Busy scene at market.
Unable to procure c
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