Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-08-01
DIR. Livingstone.
THE GREAT TRAVELLERS ACCOUNT OF
STANLEY S VISIT.
UJIu. ON TANGANYIKA }

James GOrdO71 Bennett, Jr.,
My DEAR SIR At is in general some
what difficult to write to one we have
never SCENT feels so much like an alb
stract idea-but the presence of your
representative, Mr.. H. NJ. Stanley, in
this distant region takes away the
strangeness | should otherwise have felt.
and in writing to thank you for the ex-
IRENE kindness that prompted you to
send him, / feel quite at home. If |
explain the forlorn condition in which
he found me you will easily perceive
that have good reason to use very
strong expressions of gratitude. [ came
to Uiiii of a tramp of between 400 and
500 miles, beneath blazing vertical sun
having been batfied worried, defeated,
and forced to return when almost in
sight of the end of the geographical
part of my missiOA by number of half
caste MOSlem slaves sent to me from
Zanzibar. instead of men. The sore
heart. made still sorer by the woeful
SIGHTS I had seen of mans inhumanity
to man reacted and told on the bodily
frame and depressed it beyond measure.
Thought that I was dying on my feet.
It is not too much to say that almost
every S'oP VI IiiC "oGi 'U ~; way ""o
~ p''ii' ,'l't , Tka,.o fd,,''d 4I,at
IucNi LOO o. ooiieS ItIi &C io',il, tiietC
SOM ~oGo 80 Us W. 3 ,iIloli
IlaO oo lIoii z1.illiS'i ii''1' s,i,'o
half-caste MOslem tailor, who, aftc"
suuandering them for sixteen months O.
the way to Ujiji, finished up by SELL =
OH III! IilaI Iellali1oC ~ % ,t'lo'
Tor hlhlSetl' ne Il'u ueN llGu ." -
Koran all' !ol'lu tli@V l was uca''' -
mac also "IiVIt1 ~ 'llG 0oEolilor O. IL
EahyelIipe 'HdU he Ia" SoHC oi@N'N '''V@l
me 20 hl"llyehi"' VII" returned "'F' r.
ported my deCeaSe' ana begged p'FHli:-
SION 70 sen on tllG lt" Soo3'S ~ Ti'', ms
'UuhhtH apPtIic0 H'" 9P"iT"' ~ 'i'"-
ever kht" PeIleC'Iy Ten' IIC-1 "'' II
VINO hau seen me- tLIaV was "llFg' """
waiting Tor Ine SoooS anu men ouI az
Tor hloiaIiy' ne - GNl"0l'ly an iui'l, L' =
mere oelllg no law ileiT eATtPV t'i4C %
me la99er OF iIiuSheC' l n"'' I" ST. 10" Il
III great WEAKNESS ueStIulG ol ever y
thlng save rev oaIItT clo'uS anli oeaC'9
Whlch 1 iau IdNeh VHt Pl'C"uIt'H ~, 20
IeaNc mere III case Oh extreme lleeu: ! nc
near prospect Oh pe2S"IS 4'iioilS wv
ans 'laoG Iile IIllSTLaole' Noul" zoo
GrSPitf' because ld.2I'u ~ 'lluoll al Il =.
the ZambaZi. said that he was tempted
to despair on breaking the photograph
or ms WIte- we c"ul4 nave II" success
snair had to me such a strong smack Of
the luiicrous that it was ont OF the QUcs-
tion, Well. when had cot to about
the lowest verge. vague rumors of an
FugliSh visitor reached me. | thOught
of myself as the man who went down
from Jerusalem to Jericho but neither
priest. Ievite. nor Samaritan could pos
sihlv pass my way. Yet the good Sam
arita0 was close at hand. and one of my
people rushed up at the top Of his speed
and. i'm great excitement, gasped out,
AN FngliShman coming; | see ,him ~
and off he dartcd TO meet him. An
American flag. the first ever seen in
those narts. at the head of caravan.
told me the nationality of the stranger
am as cold ant non-d"m0nstrative as
We islanders are usually rcputcd to be a;
hut v0ur kindness mademv frame thrill
It was. indeed. ovorWhelmiN@. and I said
in my e0u1. 'I.nt the richest blessing de
Scand from the Hirhpst on Won ard
vor,~, =" Tive news Mr. Stanley had to
t.N was thrlIne. Tho mighty political
chaaga~ on the Continent tn" success
Of the Atlantic cables; the "lnctioa of
Gen. Grant. and many other topics rir.
etod NV attention for days torethr~ an,
l.al Am innnmliatn and bncfc;al rtf,cf
ON nv health. I had been without u~>r~
fr,0 hamo fo~ wears. save Whist c.u'l
..1..,a fro,n q frv CatnFuy Rf7te,o> and
j,,uri Of faaQ The annctito ~-vivrd
and IN D week borau to frc1 ,...m.-
ao.,fn. NJ. stanley brought mus. kind
4,.3 ..4ct.nrarin@ d}epafch from Lord
Clarendon. whose loss | sincerely de
r1or. fine first I have received from the
r,r.frn Office since 1866. and infowna-
lion fh4t the British government had
l.ir,lv sent Il 600 TO nv aid Tp TO his
a,riva1 7 was rot aware Of any necuni-
NV ail. I came uneaIaried bit this
q.,..t j. BOW hanDilv rpnaired. and 7 any
a,,,.;l,,,. r,ot ,,0n ond oil nav friends