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CHAPTER I. |
The Livingstone Search Expedition. - Motives
for Volunteering. - Abandonment of the
Search. - A New Expedition decided upon. -
Selected for the Command. - Departure from
England. - Arrival at Aden. - Zanzibar. -
Fitting out. - Disadvantages of having
arrived with Sir B. Frere's Mission. -
Difficulties in obtaining Men. - Ordered to
push on. - Ill-advised Haste. - The Start
from Zanzibar. - Bagamoyo. - The French
Mission. - A Balooch Commander-in-Chief. -
Kaoli. - A Banquet. - A Fire. - Paying
Pagazi. - An Arab Festival |
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CHAPTER ii. |
Parting Visit to Zanzibar. - Completing
Equipment. - French Charlie's Store. -
Farewell Dinners. - Our First Campaign. - A
Fracas. - Upholding our Dignity. - The
Father pleads for his Son. - Shamba Gonèra.
- Visit from Dr. Kirk. - Our first Touch of
Fever. - A new Volunteer. - Start for Kikoka.
- The March. - Alligator-Shooting. -
Deserters |
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CHAPTER III. |
Leaving Kikoka. - Form of Camp. - Mode of
Hut Building. - Foraging for Provisions. - A
" Short Cut. " - Bombay as a Guide. - A
luckless Cruise. - A needless Scare. - Levy
of Mhongo. - Msuwah. - Fortified Villages. -
An Artful Dodger. - An Arab Caravan. -
Offerings to Spirits. - Baobab-trees. -
Kisémo. - The Lugerengeri. - The Kungwa
Hills. - Simbawéni. - Its Queen. - Rumoured
Terrors of the Makata Swamp. - Lazy Porters.
- Honour amongst Deserters |
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CHAPTER IV. |
The Makata Swamp. - Mud Traps. - The Makata
River. - A Native Bridge. - Transporting
Donkeys. - Rehenneko. - Laid up. - A Strike
among the Men. - Routine in Camp. -
Visitors. - A swaggering Half-Caste. - News
from Murphy. - His Arrival. - Death of
Moffat. - Organizing the fresh Arrivals. -
The Strength of the Expedition. - Women and
Slaves. - Losses by Death and Desertion. -
Armament. - Our Dogs and Donkeys. - Ready |
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CHAPTER V. |
Our Porter's Vanity. - A Rocky Gorge. -
Camping on a Slope. - An Impudent Beggar. -
Mirambo. - Monster Trees. - Wife-Beating. -
Its Remedy. - A Blunder and its
Consequences. - Fortune Seekers. - Several
Caravans join us. - An Elephant-Hunter. - A
Distressing Sight. - A Terekesa. - A Dry
Country. - Death from Exhaustion. - Water
once again. - Strange Doctrine of a "True
Believer." - Tembé Huts. - The Wadirigo. - A
Warlike Race. - Their Arms. - Harvesting. -
Bitter Waters. - The Marenga Mkali. -
Sharp-Eyed Wagogo |
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CHAPTER VI. |
Entry into Ugogo. - Character of the Wagogo.
- Defeat of an Arab Expedition. - Ugogo. -
Water Supply. - A Wake. - Wanyamwési and
their Ingratitude. - The Wagogo. -
Extraordinary Earrings. - Fantastic
Coiffures. - Personal Adornment. - A
Struggle for Precedence. - Curiously formed
Trees and Excrescences. - Astonishing the
Natives. - Adopted Fathers. - A Thieving
Tribe. - Bombay in a Fog. - A Chilly
Morning. - Manufacture of Salt. - Smallpox |
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CHAPTER VII. |
Kanyenyé. - A veritable Methuselah. -
Harsh-tongued People. - A drunken Official.
- Laziness of our Pagazi. - A Fancy for
Goggles. - A little Visitor. - Sambo shot. -
A Thick Head. - Retributive Justice. - Fines
for shedding Blood. - Hyaenas. - A
Rain-Spirit. - Pigeon-Shooting. -
Witchcraft. - The Penalty of Failure. -
Wizards roasted alive. - Usekhé. - Obsequies
of a Chief. - The Wahumba. - Cost of
Provisions. - Admiring Spectators. - Immense
Tusks. - A distressed British Subject. -
Expenditure in Mhongo |
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CHAPTER VIII. |
The Mgunda Mkali. - A serious
Misunderstanding. - Restoration of Peace. -
Rejoicing in the Village. - The Mabunguru
Nullah. - An unexpected Chase. - Native
Farming. - An intelligent and industrious
People. - Jiwé la Singa. - Complimentary
Beggars. Moonstruck Askari. - Hatred of
Snakes. - Pitfalls. - A Dry March. -
Burnt-up Country. - A Hunter's Paradise. - A
well-fortified Village and welldressed
Chief. - Discovery of a Den of Thieves. - A
Haunted Well. - An Attack by Ruga-Ruga |
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CHAPTER IX. |
Unyanyembé. - Morning Calls. - Excessive
Hospitality. - The Fighting Mirambo. - The
Origin of the Struggle. - The Garrison of
Unyanyembé. - Atrocities. - Kidnapping our
Pagazi. - A Letter from Sir S. Baker. -
Communication with Mtésa. - A difficulty in
his Conversion to Mohammedanism. - Gross
Outrage upon a Pagazi. - Mutiny amongst the
Askari. - The Unpleasantness of the
Situation. - Our Troubles and Worries. -
Fever and Blindness. - Desertion of Pagazi.
- Consequent Expense. - Kindness of the
Arabs. - An Auction. - Public Sale of
Slaves. - The Death of Livingstone |
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CHAPTER X. |
Arrival and Reception of Livingstone's Body.
- Some Particulars of his Death. - The
Future of the Expedition. - Its partial
Abandonment. - Murphy resigns. - Dillon
compelled to turn back. - The
Personnel of my
Expedition. - Parting form Dillon. - I go
forward alone. - Troubles of Transport. - I
throw away Preserved Provisions. - A Native
Plea for Slavery. - The Death of Dr. Dillon.
- A Sad Blow. - Kasékerah. - Offended
Dignity of Askari. - Shirking their Work. -
Determined Deserters. - A pleasant March. -
Village Clubs. - A Visit to Murphy. - The
Manner of transporting Livingstone's Body. -
Capture of a Thief. - I reduce my Kit. - A
dirty and drunken Chief. - Muscat Donkeys. -
The Road blocked |
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CHAPTER XI. |
Driven back to Hisinéné. - A miserable
Christmas. - Superstitions regarding Snakes.
- Customs of the People. - Dancing. -
Cooking Arrangements. - Storing Corn. -
Their Huts. - Food. - Curing. - Provisions.
- Cloth-making. - Grinding Corn. - Tribal
Marks. - Hairdressing. - Warned against
Mirambo. - A Spy shot. - On the Road again.
- A hospitable old Lady. - Missing the Way.
- Sack-making. - An Elopement. - Disordered
State of the Country. - The South Ngombé. -
A Day's Shooting. - A Hunter's Story |
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CHAPTER XII. |
Ugara. - A ludicrous Sight. - Mirambo's
Head-quarters. - Destruction and Desolation.
- The Havoc of the Slave-trade. - A Field
for England's Labours. - Leo surprises the
Natives. - Leg Ornaments. - Liowa. - My
Pets. - A lawless Set of Ruffians. - Heavy
Rains. - Beenesting. - A Stampede. - Lost in
Jungle. - A Panic. - Rocky Residences. - An
Attempt at Extortion. - I give a Lecture on
Hospitality. - Its good Effect. - Nothing to
eat. - Jasmin dies. - Tameness of my Goat. -
Unfriendly Villages. - A Buffalo Charge |
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CHAPTER XIII. |
Floating Islands. - Their Origin and Growth.
- Crossing the Sindi. - Uvinza. - A Cordial
Reception. - Strange Economy. - A Boy Chief.
- Curious Visitors. - Ceremonious
Salutation. - Tattooing. - Ugaga. - Approach
of Mirambo. - On our Defence. - Destruction
of several Villages. - Ferry Charges. - A
Host of Claimants. - The Malagarazi Ferry. -
Sambo's Cookery. - Salt-making. - A
considerable Trade. - Liquid Snuff. - A
Droll Sight. - My faithful Leo dies. - A
Wild Beast in Camp. - Sighting Tanganyika. -
Arrival at Kawélé |
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CHAPTER XIV. |
Recovery of Livingstone's Papers. - Robbery
of my Stores. - Punishment of a Thief. -
Difficulty in sending the Journals to the
East Coast. - The Traders of Kawélé. - The
Native Dress and Ornaments. - Their Markets.
- Warundi Body-Colouring. - Products of the
district. - Their Currency. - Hiring Boats.
- Curious Mode of Payment. - Fitting out. -
I am thought " unlucky. " - My Guides desert
me. - " Negro Melodists. " - Sailing away on
the Tanganyika. - Devils' Dwellings. -
Propitiating the Spirits. - Slave-Hunters |
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CHAPTER XV. |
Profitable Slave-Buying. - Street Acrobats.
- War-Paint. - A bad Night. - Cowardly
Boats' Crews. - Kabogo. - A public
Entertainment. - Stealing Men's Brains. -
Coal. - A Honey Demon. - A Plague of Frogs.
- Enlargement of the Lake. - Massi Kambi. -
An Optical Illusion. - Many Devils. - One of
my Men shoots himself. - Doctors differ. -
Curious Hair-Oil. - The Chief of Makukira. -
His Dress. - Wives. - Dolls. - Infantine
Taste for Drink. - Cotton Manufacture. -
Spread of the Slave-trade. - The Watuta. -
Customs and Dress. - Twins |
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CHAPTER XVI. |
The Art of Pottery. - My Men grow Bolder. -
Akalunga. - The Chief. - A Native Notion of
Portugal. - Granaries. - Strange Mutilation
by Women. - Ornaments. - The Luwaziwa. -
Gorillas. - Hillside Cultivation. - Spiders.
- Mosquitoes, Boils, and Sore Feet. - A
Strike. - Hot-water Spring. - Waguhha
Hair-dressing. - Idols. - The Lukuga. -
Return to Ujiji. - Letters from Home. - My
Men indulge freely. - Arab Opinion of the
Lualaba. - Fear of Opposition Traders. -
Bombay's Jealousy. - Cost of cutting the Sod
in the Lukuga. - I give Readings. -Arson. -
Domestic Jars. - More Orgies. - Off again |
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CHAPTER XVII. |
Hopeful prospects. - Ruanda. - Copper. -
Bombay's Ingenuity. - An Accident. - Last
view of Tanganyika. - Dishonest
Fellow-travellers. - Mékéto. - A brutal
Slave-dealer. - Dress and Ornaments. -
Weapons. - Fish-dealers. - River-side
Scenery. - Game. - Skulking Carriers. -
Bowl-making. - Indiarubber. - A trying
March. - Fetish Huts. - A Good Samaritan. -
My Men want to turn back. - " Making
Brothers ". - An Artist in Oils. - Fearful
Imprecations. - Musical Instruments. - Mrs.
Pakwanywa. - Perforation of Upper Lips. -
Dress. - Tattooing. - Charms. - A Hot
Stream. - A Mixed Caravan |
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CHAPTER XVIII. |
Pakhûndi. - Foundries. - Dust and Ashes. -
Slave-gagging. - Freedmen the Harshest
Masters. - Salutations. - Disobliging
People. - Hair, Dress, Tattooing. - Naked
People. - Natural Stomachers. - Building
Operations. - No Ventilation. - Uvinza. -
Clay Idols. - Carving. - Arms. - The Arabs'
Kirangosi ; his Impertinence. - Climbing
Oil-palms. - My Showman. - The Bambarré
Mountains. - Magnificent Trees. - A dark
Ravine. - Manyuéma. - Dress and Arms. - The
Women. - Economy in Clothing. -
Livingstone's Influence. - An Enlightened
Chief. - Dwarfs. - Musical Instruments. -
Fearful Cannibals. - Dancing. - No Shooting
allowed |
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CHAPTER XIX. |
The Luama. - Fisherwomen. - Shooting
Hippopotami. - Open-air Granaries. - Iron. -
A Burning Country. - Shameful Behaviour of
Traders. - A Suspension Bridge. - The
Natives turn upon the Traders. -
Contemplated Attack on the Caravan. - Two
Chiefs treacherously shot. - Villages
burned. - Women and Children captured. - I
plead for Peace. - Influence as an
Englishman. - A Palaver. - The Captives are
liberated. - My Views are not appreciated. -
Foundries. - Smithies. - Manyara Dress. - A
Drum-Major. - The Slaving System. - The
Mighty Lualaba. - Going with the Stream. -
Nyangwé is reached |
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Askari |
Soldier. |
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Askari |
Soldiers. |
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Boma |
A fence or palisade. |
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Bwana |
Master. |
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Doti |
Four yds. of cloth. |
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Déolè |
An Indian silk cloth. |
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Frasileh |
35 lbs. |
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Kambi |
A camp, also a number of men forming a mess. |
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Kibabah |
A measure of grain ( a day's ration). |
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Kiongwa |
An ornament made of the base of a sea shell. |
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Pl. Viongwa |
An ornament made of the base of a sea shell. |
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Kirangosi |
A guide. |
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Kitanda |
A bedplace. |
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Matama |
Kaffir corn (Holcus
Sorghum). |
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M'rima |
A man belonging to the coast tribes |
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Pl. Wamerima |
A man belonging to the coast tribes |
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M'nguana |
A free man. |
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Pl. Wanguana |
A free man. |
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M'shenzi |
A heathen or uncivilised man. |
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Pl. Washenzi |
A heathen or uncivilised man. |
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Mhongo |
Tribute. |
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Mtongi |
Chief of a caravan. |
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Pagazi |
Porter. |
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Pagazi |
Porters. |
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Ruga Ruga |
Banditti. |
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Shamba |
A farm. |
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Shukkah |
Two yards. |
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Sohari |
A cloth made at Muscat. |
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Tembè |
A form of native hut, also of Arab house. |
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Tembo |
An elephant |
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Terekesa |
An afternoon march. |
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Ziwa |
A lake or pond. |
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