The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-11-16
Mark Twain in London

Mark Twain was entertained at dinner by the
Whitefriars Club, London, at the Mitre Tavern,
on the evening of August 9th. In reply to the
toast in his honor, Mark thus spoke:
Gentlemen: 1 thank you very heartily indeed
for this expression of kindness towards me.
What | have done for England and civilization in
the arduous affairs which 1 have engaged in-that
is good-that is so smooth that l will say it again
and again-what l have done for England and for
civilization In the arduous part | have performed
l have done with a single-hearted devotion and
with no hope of reward. L am proud, | am very
proud, that it was reserved for me to find DIR.
Livingstone, and for Mr.. Stanley to get all the
credit. (Laughter.) [ hunted for that man in
Africa all over seventy-fveor one hundred parishes,
thousands and thousands of miles in the wilds
and deserts, all over the place, sometimes riding
negroes and sometimes travelling by rail. Ididn't
mind the rail or anything else, SO that 1 didn't
come in for the tar and feathers. | found that
man at U.Jji-a place you may remember, if you
have ever been there-and it was a very great sat
~isfaction that l found him just in the nick of time.
l found that poor old man deserted by his niggers
and by his geographers, deserted by ali of his
kind except the gorillas-delected, miserable,
furnishing, absolutely furnishing; but he was elo-
quent. just as l found him he had eaten his last
elephant, and he said to me-, God knows where
[ shall get another" He mad nothing to wear
except his venerable and honorable naval suit,
and nothing to eat but his diary. But | said to
him, alt is all right, 1 have discovered you, and
Stanley will be here by the 4 O'Clock train and
will discover you officially, and then we will turn
to and have a regular good time" Isaid, Cheer
up, for Stanley has got corn, ammunition, glass
beads, hymn books, whisky, and everything which
the human heart can desire he has got all kinds
of Valuables, including telegraph poles and a few
carloads of money. BY this time communication
has been made with the land of Bibles and civil
%zatiOn, and property will advance" And then
we surveyed all that country from Ujji, through
Unanogo and other places, to Unyanyembe. 1
mention these names simply for your edIfication,
nothing more-do not expect it-particularly as
Intelligence to the Royal Geographical Society.
GRoars of laughter. And then having filled up
the old man, we were all too full for utterance,
and departed. We have since then toasted on
honors. Stanley has received a snuff-box, and |
have received considerable snuff; he has got to
write a book and gather in the rest of the credit,
and l am going to levy on the copyright and col
lect the money. Nothing comes amiss to me
cash or credit; but, seriously, 1 do feel that
Stanley is the chief man, and an illustrious one,
and l do applaud him with all my heart. Whether
he is an American or a Welshman by birth, or
one. or both, matters not to me. So far as l am
personally concerned, l am simply here to stay a
few months, and to see English people and to learn
English manners and customs, and to enjoy my
self; so the simplest thing l can do is to thank
you for the toast you have honored me with and
the remarks you have made, and to wish health
and prosperity to the Whitefriars Club, and to
sink down to my accustomed level. TCheers.]