New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-30
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
sTANLEYs THROUGH THE DARK CONT
NENr.

NJ STANLEY. vols evo. PIP. 522 ooo' harper
Brothers. - =,
Tho Fxpedition under the command of Mr.. II. NJ.
Stanley of which the record is contained III the
present volumes, organized under the auspices
of The Neic- York Herald and The London Telegraph"
and nd for its object the completion OF the discoV
.res in regard Ia the sources of the Nile in Central
Africa and the course of Livingstones Great klNer'
by Captain Burton, Captain j. H. Spoke, DIR, Living
stone, and Lieutenant Cameron. Accompanied py
three young Englishmen. the brothers Francis Johh
and Edward Pocock and Frederick Barker who
had volunteered for the service MIR. Stanley lett
Zanzibar on the 10Th of November. 1874. on the
periIous Journey across the continent III hope OF
making their way through equatorial Africa to the
Atlantic Ocean. The caravan consisted OF $50 men,
who were engaged for two years at wages varying
from two to ten dollars month. accord
ing 10 their capacity, strength, and INTEL
lgence, together with a supernumerary force
of about fifty in of sickness or accident IL
was no easy matter to make the selection from the
applicants for the service. Mr.. Stanleys previous
experience in Africa had given him good rcputa-
ton among the natives. They eagerly. pressed
around him for engagement, and were unwilling
TO accept refusal Almost all the cnppes, the
diseased and the superannuated in Zanzibar claimed
place on the muster-ro, but, after rigorous eX-
animation, of course rejected. 1t was more
difficult TO detect the rowdicS and rufans of the
island who were clamorous for enlistment. Slaves
were also refused being too much under the iniin-
ence of their masters. In spite of every precautlon,
many rough subjects were accepted whose charac-
tiers were subsequently discovered by their quar-
res in the camp. A sectional exploring boat named
the Lady Alice, attached to the EXpedl-
ton which, after improvements by an
English ship carpenter in Zanzibar was found to be
admirably adapted to the service. The total weight
of goods cloth, beads, ammunition boat. oars, rud-
der and thwarts instruments and stationery, photo
graphic apparatus, ard host of miscellaneous ar
ticles weighed little than $4,000 pounds,
divided into loads weighing 60 pounds cach requlr-
ing 800 men to carry them. The loads were made
more than usually light for the sake of more rapid
travel. The contract signed in the presence OF
all the family relatives of each person. that every
room and court at the American Consulate
crowded with negroes Of kindred blood in every de-
gree of relationship. The entire amount dlsbursed
for advances OF pay and ra;iOns was about $3.50
On arriving at BagamOyo the first point of rem
devious the party took up their quarters at the old
house which had been occupied in preparing the
first Expedition. The goods were landed, the dogs
chained up the riding tethcred the rifles az
ranged in the rooms. and the sectional boat
laid under roof on rollers in order to guard
against the white ants But i'll less than three hours
the whole town was thrown INTO a ferment by the
arrival of the strangers The rumOr ran through all
the streets, lanes courts. and bazaars that the white
man had come with all the robbers, rufians, and
murderers of Zanzibar to take possession OF the
town. Men with bloody faces wild eyes, and torn
clothes clamOred for nfies and ammunition. Arabs
with drawn swords, and sinewy egrOes with match
locks up i'll a threatening manner, followed by
miscellaneous rabble of excited men. while in the
back grOund scethed frantic mob of furious women
and mischievous children. Mr.. Stanley demanded
nal1 wifi bp chm IF uic pua Of
after handing over to the authorities several negroes
of the Expedition who had been guilty of diSOrderly
conduct, peace and amity were at length restored.
1t was not until the morning of the 18th (NOvem-
ber) that the first bold step made for the Dte-
rior The buge mustered the people to assemble be-
fore the quarters. Every mans load assigned
to him according TO his strength. The man of stout.
sturdy make, with large muscular development,
took the cloth bale of sixty pounds which by con-
slant expenditure would be reduced in a month to
fifty pounds, and in year TO about thirty pounds.
The short cOmpactly formed man loaded with
the bead sack of fifty pounds, and the light youth
of twenty years old, with box of forty pounds,
containing stores, ammunition, and sundrIes The
steady and grave looking men of advanced
years intrusted with the scien-
tifc instruments, thermometers, barOmeters,
watches. sexants. mercury bottles, cOmpasses,
and Photographic apparatus. packed i'll forty pound
cases, while the men most highly recommended for
caution took charge of the three chrOnOmeters,
which were slowed in balls of cotton, in "a light
case of not more than twenty-five pounds in weight.
The twelve guides who trcked out for the day
in flowing robes of crimson blanket cloth, demanded
the privilege of conveying the several loads of brass
wire coils. They are active, bold youths and are
armed with Snider rifles and their respective acCou-
trements. The bOat-carreIs berculean i'll figure
and strength for they pracised bearers OF loads,
and resigned the occupation in Zanzibar in order to
carry the first European boat that ever foated
Oh the Lakes Victoria and Tanganika and
the extreme sources of the Nile and the
Livingstone. There also riding in
the Expedition one for each of the Europeans, and
two for the sick. For the latter there also
three net hammocks with six men to act as kind
of ambulance party. On filing ont of the town,
the procession consisted of four chiefs few
hundred yards in front; next the twelve guides
clad in red robes bearing the wire coils then long
line go strong bearing cloth, wire and sections of
the Lady Alice; after them thirty-six women and
ten boys, children of some of the chiefs and boat
bearers assisting their mothers with tTifilng loads
of utensils followed by the riding asses, Europeans,
and gun-bearers the long line closed by sixteen
chefs who act as rear guard. The procession occu-
pies nearly half mile of the path which at the
present day forms the commercial and exploring
highway into the lake regions.
Edward Pocock is kind enough to act as buger, be.
cause from long practice at the military camps at
Adershot Chatham he understands the signals and
he famharized Hamadl the chief guide, with its
notes. so that OF a halt being required Hamadi
may be- Informed immediately The chief guide is also
armed with Il prodciously long horn OF ivory, his
fayorite instrument and one that belongs to his profess
sion, which he has permission to use only when ap-
proaching suitable eanping-pacr or to notify to us
little hoy with anave drum, which he Is to beat only
when in the Eeghborhood Of villages, to warn them Of