The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-12-05

ing between the forests and the Albert
Nyanza he also met with the very hot
test of opposition. His own pei pie
tempted by extreme wretchedness and
misery, sold rifles an ammunition of the
expedition to their natural enemies, the
Manyema shareholders. Il feel vexed
at my forbearance," he says, land yet
again feel thankful, for higher power
than mans severely afflicted the cold
blooded murderers by causing them to
feed upon one another few weeks after
the rescue and relief of Nelson and
Parkes. The memory of those days alter
uately hardens and humans me-"
Mr.. Stanley does not waite much time
upon the description of his own dread
full sufferings, but he mentions that he
lay at the point of death for twenty
eight days, helpless, tended by the
kind and skillful hand OF Surgeon
Parkes,"
In the letter to Sir William MacKin-
non, dated Kafierro, Arab settlement,
Karazwa, August 5, 1889, Stanley gives
some details of the delays caused him
by EmIn, Bey's unhappy plight. "After
a march of 900 miles to hunt up my rear
column" he said, Il met only miseT-
able remnant of it, wrecked by the ir-
resolution of the officers, neglect OF
their promises, and indifference TO their
written orders, You will readily under
stard why, after another march of zoo
miles, was little put out when | dis
covered that instead of performing their
promise of conducting the garrison OF
Fort Bavo to Nyanz', Mr.. JepsOn and
Emin Pasha had allowed themselves to
be made prisoners, on or about the very
day they were expected by the garrison
of Fort Bavo to reach them.' In his
letter which announced this unpeasine
news he found that he twas likely tt
add to the number of Europeans dead in
that unlucky Equatorial province" de
does not explain how Mr., Jepson ano
Emin were finally released by the rebels
who were in conspiracy with the Nah
lists, but announces that on the morn
ing of February 9th of this year, Mr.
Jepson startled him by appearing in
camp and announcing that Emn could
not get away if he wished to do 30, bu
that he was held back by his unwilling
ness to leave those people who remained
faithful to him, and by the fear that h'
might be accused of abandoning hi'
post. Stanley sent word to Emin tt
seize one of the steamers and employ i
IN the transportation of the refugees
who were collected in large numbers a
Hungarian, to Stanley's old camp on thu
lNyanZa. Falling that, he counseIeC
him to march overland from Tungura tt
Mswa and send canoe to Stanley in
forming him that he had started, wher
Stanley would meet him at Mswa will
,wo hundred and fifty rifles aud escor
him to Kavalli. But before his messag
could reach Emin, Star ley was.electrifiet
At learning that Emin with all his ref
ugees had arrived on steamer and wa
At anchor just below their camp. Tw'
steamers, plying back and forth, final.
brought away all who had rem 'inet
faithful to Emin, who wrote to S,anle.
that the wave of insanity overruunninl
the country had subsidized and he coul,
rely on everybody whom he had will
him. After a time the two explorer
met and begun their dangerous journe.
70 the coast, which will, we trust, soo
be safely ended.
Emin seems to have been in DANCE
from rebellion for the past two years
but he wilIfully blinded his eyes 10 tn
fact, hoping for change in the senti
ments of those who we're unfalthful
Mr.. Jepson suggested at one time il
order to save Emin from ul innate mas
sacre Stanley should arrest him an,
carry him off, but Stanley writes Il
seems to me that if we are to have hin
we must have him from himself" an
there is little doubt that Emin under
took the journey to the coast absolutel.
of his own free will.
Mr.. Stanley writes most enthusiastic
ally of the discoveries made during thi
grand series of expeditions, and h
enumerates some of them as follows
THE snowy ranges of RueveI zoni, tn
Rain Creator, the Semliki River, tn
Albert Edward Nyanza, the lilns o
Noongara, the salt lakes of Kative, new
peoples, the Wakanpi Of the Great Noun
tains, dwellers in the rich forest region
the AMANDA, the fine. featured Wasany
ora, the Wanyaro bandits and their LAX
Albert Edward, the tribes and shepher,
races of the eastern uplands, then Wany
ankori." He gives a picturesque des
cription of the arrival of the expeditio
in view of church surmounted by tn
cross, denoting that they had reache
1.-The outskirts of blessed civilization"