The Republican journal., 1877-12-27
The Battle with the Cwarfs.


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When Mr.. Stanley the African explorer. arrived
at Cape Town, he was invited to deliver lecture
before the Philosophical Society OF that place In
tte course OF the lecture Mr. STANLEY said that
when he came to Nyangwe. the outermoSt limit
OF previous exploration, he called all his Arabs to
gether. and asked them Nv hat lies ahead of this
and why did not the other white men go forward ?"
linen the Arabs, one after another told him OF the
horrors, real and imaginary. which wolld beset
the path OF any bold adventurer who should dare
attempt to explore this unknown region. There
are the biggest men in the world and there are
the smallest men in the world up there These
little men are Just so high (about three teet) No
they are only so high tabout the length Of man 5
ARM, They are, altogether, the very worst people
under the sun. hv they must be genii OF devils
They have little bits OF bows and little bits OF ar
rows with lots of little hicks in them ana in these
hicks they Tx some deadly poison or other and
the minute You get scratch with one of these ar
rows 1t is all over, there is nothing more of YOU
There are the gorillas more terrible. The way
they roar in the forests is awful The forests re
sound with it.
AS for the river, it goes toward big mountain
and then tumbles down, down down and then
after It has whirled itself about il goes on down
down again, and there is nothing left of it Oh
master. said the man. " that forest goes from
NyangWe, and II goes on north, and north and
south and south, all over the country ever,
where. Laughter There is positively no end
ot 1t. Aud III tins forest All is dark master
in this forest YOU can't sea the I'M anrwbera
The trees all matted together Then there
are great enormous snakes here. These snakes
are oh. 50 long, and then they hang Oh the bpurhS
of the trees. You can't see them ana as soon A.
You get near them they immed lately pounce down
upon Won and there is no more Of yuu left There
are leopards, very big, and they crouch down on
the branches OF the trees 50 that YOU can't see
them, either They wait unit a poor wavtarer
comes along, and then-Hom he is gone There
Is nothing left Of him, Then as for the ants they
are everywhere. They are always at YOU They
blte your les until IT il Just like hot water
And as Tor the dwartS, they are little things of
about thirty inches. The first 1hug rou know
when you get INTO their country is that Won hear
a pit plh III the air, and the next moment YOU
feel litte bits Of arrows sticking all over YOU like
the quills Of 4 porcupine If YOU want to SEE. one,
Of my men who has all this and done snm.
lighting with the dwarts, will send him to you "
w ctl, go and find your man who can tell the
story Of the dWdrt>
At!er little while the man is sent for and comes
to us. He Is a tinc-0oking specimen of a native
q HanAlbar. and very richly dressed II is Il man
oI aliabe and pohtc demeauOr | ask him to be
seated. He SalaamS and sits down Then coffee
Is served 70 HIM. and he begins something in this
fashion
~ on ask me to tell YOU OF that terrible fight
We had with the dwarfs. We started with several
Arab chiefs and they all took their men and rot
together, and made one expedition of | 10 guns
Alter gong five days We came to llmba and
then through IL" forest - rego For month we
travelled on and at length crossed the I.ualaba
There We entered tkusu until we came to the
Lumani. Next We entered Ckungu and passed in
to Nakuna
h.S Ntxn NJ aay we came INTO the dawrt country
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