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tTrcn natives nni ourselves WIN, this Is in1r
but VI have Dccn mary time on tic ycrvr ~;
AEnt1nE since. However, diplomacy, INST m.
t!ence, tac., mud stern Justice savcd lis from I'm
mNny D 1cycrc conflict. A
s1KRN p1hoiPLlNR.
Boon after quilting Syanxwe / 1lal lssuca
notwithstanding tho propcnstfea Of meny AZ
my people to take advantage Of our Strength
Tint whoever mDlcstct natfve or npprunria;oJ
ANYTHING witll0lt just return would Gc tisIiy.
crel up 10 a ilniiyc law. tho punishment ~
which would bo certain death or eternal totyts
@ tade ! hai purchased several Of nv people
by extraordinary sacrifices Of money, untIi
we wero almost bankrnpte from this esnsa ,a
Tie t!me canc when y was necessary 10 placa
everyludY Vi, half rations from. our Fn,scrty.
make further sacrl1ce 10 snve thieves ,,li mn
restrain some fruIn committing depretiati.,t4 n"
nsys nsys p,spe,S e Tns,s 1s , ws5s 5 s
I asreai'y IN earnest, ard heard no more ao1s
complaints from the lattvcs.
"nAsa nsM WITH MS iskiloRN AMOUR uu
NEcK.h
tive. ''ss so e' liz coaeve ~ s ssf e e e Rs"s R9ssn1s o.
aud the C0nR1 WIS taking notes SIS
or scvon tribes contclerated tosc,ssss
orc, one fay 1 t. t1est,oy as, beeass W. .bal,
on papcr--wr!tIng. Such d thing Ind le,sp nevce
been heard Of by tho oldest tnhubitans, Il.
therefore, must b. wItclcraft, and wirl,craI
must DO punished With dcnth. The wfllte chief
must instantly deliver ILLS notebook (his meit.
cino) to be burned. or tlcse would 10 war On
tho Instant.
suAxsrEAREAx uoLooAusr,
NY notebook wns too valuable: 1t tnd cost too
many lives and sacrifices to bo consumed at tle
caprice Of sayaues, What was to be done,
l.al q small yolumv Of Shakespeare,
Chandos cdltlon. It bad hccn read and re-.
read dozen times, IL lad creased Africa Il had
been my so'acc many tcdous hour, but il
you wantir "Ycs,n us tl,is Tho inrj.Ins .H,s
ihat you arc afraid Of 9" "Yes; burn it; a,a bura
It. 4 Is bad, very bad; burn it.s'
"Oh. my Shakespeare" sal1, "farcwell!n
change took plnce in tue faecs OF those urgrf.
sullen nattyest For time II was like another
ju1llec,, The country WIS saved; their women
ana little oucs would not be visited hy. caiumIty.
bod'lncht Of goodness, Tho best of all lncu.n
THE RAGE or T1tR wATENs,
Nearly 1,400 miles had been passed. Tho
Congo bcca!uc straightcne1 by closc-inecing
of Inout.ains ehagey with tall woods, or piles
aboye piles of uakcd craggy rock, and presently
swept impctuousfy down in aerpontlHs c,lrYps,
hcayinv upward In long llnrs OF brown hiIluws,
with g steep CLASSY fnll, or laundering down
steep after steep, tossing 'its waters upward in
hugo wavcs, with their crcsts dtssovinR III spray
and mist, or boiling round isles Or bow!dcrs,
full whtrlpools, With uprising wbirllng caidfena,
and AZ 1t yarfeu tts wild aspect so Ii varied III
thunder, moan, aud .plalut. Al. Quo timo
tho rush sbundcd like tho Awasl OF Bca-wayes
breeze, at another time like strong tide wash.
lnH against ptcrs and butfrcsscs Of bridges, Ut
another tlnio It overwhelmed tho senses ind
lllleu she measure d deep grief with the roar
ot its fury; aud fhr up on ihe hcls|lt of tho
Basnndi, strnyipg ucar tho clllIy verge, stopped
his cars against the dreadful thunder and bur
ric1 away a. from doom,
While We Wcro llghtng our tragical way over
$50 miles, Which occupied us 1--WE months, va
lived as though VIC were in tilItlul, subject at
Intervals to tho thundcrous craall Of passing
trnns. .-.--
There Is nu fear that my other explorer will
attelllpt what VIC have done In the caturact re-
EioI,. II will be insanity III q sucressor. Uo
lnay trayel overland, and tho native viii point
out the 2,0o0 feet altitude up which We dragged
perhaps polpt out thq stutnps OF tho Efant trees
wo cut down, 4nd from which wo carved out our
canoes Within eight and ten days. working nisht
and tlay, whereas no canoe was ever made iu
hl1a tho eraEEy, roeks oser Witch We consttues-
show him where VIC cut grove Of toll trees
down 10 Ill lilc grcut pits bc.wccn tho rocks.
lio tnqy show HIN Tho sccucs celebrated by
dreadful tragedies, aud by hcro[stns enacted By
solno Of tic white estranger's mon. lie may
puint out localities where the whtto tncu rn-
tered their cnllucs and brought their people
down luug loamng stretches Of river. TO- It's
fright Of all who aaw them and eRainst all I'd.
vics; lle may point out tho tcrrI6le falls whc{e
tho boat with tho white Chief mud bis boats
crow were swcpt over, md whirleQ rounll, aul
tossed, auu6n!tten by brown waves until hl4
native friends, who were spectators OF tho OF.
pcctant catastrophe, wsre IN ali ngony of fcaf;
and flnally, with shudlcrj guide him 10 the
spot where tho younger chief was carried over
sho falls, taktn'down ia whirlpool, and was
lost. Hut thuro IL no fear OF any other explorer
attempting to imttate our work hcfc.
Finally arriving at 1saugtla Falls, and hearing
there were Ore more falls, utter flye months
toll aud the loss Of ono European and fifteen
soldiers iu the lower catarayts, sniA, " Enuush,h
and drew my boat aud caiioos high upon tGe
rocks above tho Cataraet OF ,1sangila.
TIE COUNTRY or "uuM DAsuEs."
We caMu to tho country where previous tx.
plorers and white merchants hava pa1upcred
native Kings With what Ia called "da1llesM Of
mud cloth. mil bP1Il6. Than