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him to U~nyanyembe. but would 60 no further.
He was so convinced that the Lualaba was the
Nile that. without descending 1t to trace its
connection with the Egyptian waterway. he
determined that. before returning to Europe
he would visit the Lualaba's sources In Lake
Bangweolo and the highlands Of Katanga.
Intent upon this purpose. he left Stanley. and
Struck away to the east Of Tanganika. but died
In the Ilala country TO the south Of Bangweolo
on May 4. 1873.
1t Is needless to recall the story OF the embalm-
Ing OF his body and Of its transportation to the
coast by his native servants. At tho end OF
1872 the Royal Geographical Society sent out
two expeditions to find Livingstone. who had
not been heard Of since Stanley left him early
In that year, The expedition under Commander
Cameron started from Zanzibar and met the
dead body OF Livingstone, which was being
conveyed TO the coast by his attendants. Cam
eron continued hs journey and crossed the
continent The other expedition under Lieut..
Grandy was the first to move. leaving Liverpool
Nov. 80. 1872. Grandy started inland from
Ambriz on the west coast on March IL. 1873.
Intending to make his way eastward until he
found Livingstone. He was well received at
eiiu Vh V ~ Nh' 80
three weeks, after much trouble. he got as far
as Tungwa, sixty miles to the north. Returning
thence to the lower river. he waited there until
April IL, 1874, when he heard Of Livingstone's
death and returned home. Scarcely. however.
had Livingstone's body been Inferred In Vest
minister Abbey. on April IL, 1874. when the Lon
don Daily Telegraph and the Ner York Herald
combined TO offer Stanley the means to carry
on 1IytnQHtApa'S unrk STARTING from Zanzibar
on Nov. 7. 1874. Stanley struck first northward
TO the Great Victoria Nyanzn. which Spoke had
visited in 1851. This lake he circumnsvigated
and passed on to Lake Albert Edward. The
report which he sent horne OF Mteza. King Of
Uganda. and of the populous country which he
ruled, led 10 the establishments the remarkably
successful Uganda Mission by the Church Mis-
sionary Society. JourneyinR southwark. Stan
ley reached and circumnavigated Lake Tan
Ranika in 1875. Having completed his study
OF the region surrounding the lake. he struck
westward TO Niangwe on the Lualaba. Whittier
did that vast food. 1000 yards broad. wend Its
way' Was il tho Nile, as Livingstone believed'
II surely could not flow into the Nigerl Might
1t not possibly prove to be the Congo. although
lis course was northward instead Of 70 the west?
Stanley made up his mind to solve the mystery.
Us viva va ii'uii ~ ~ NAV
10 accompany him for sixty days marches
down the river for GI,OOO. Their canoes met
with two cataracts a little below Nyangwe, but
aitcrward there was a reach free from obstacles
FOR 800 miles.
For sixty miles near the equator the ex-
plorer's course was rgain blocked by cata-
racte. some Of which required portage. Az the
last OF these. now known Ms Stanley Falls. TiIu-
M, ,nl lii 80, 49, IA Aazr,,I taalaN Cor
$50 miles, were no longer needed. as the natives
reported that the river was thenceforvar open.
Bidding adieu TO his Arab escorts, Stanley with
$50 followers now started down stream The
river was here flowing due westward, aud there
was little doubt but that It was the Congo, 1t
l. well known that Stanley had to run the eaunt-
let of tribes Of Nnnibas who chased him day
after day with yells Of "nyama" tmeatG With
extreme difficulty In some places. and especially
at the mouth Of the Aruwimi. were the assail-
ants beaten on. Only now and then did Stanley
light upon peaceful folk. as at Bokoto, where
the Baptists now have a missionary station.
Beyond that point. he was gain exposed to at
tacks from cannibals. but he ultimately brought
his people TO Bolobo. where opposition ceased.
Below that place where. also. there is now a
mission. the river became narrow. until. ulti-
mately. the voyagers padded for eighty miles
IN a gorge, the sides Of which lowered 1000 feet
above them. Then they came to a broad Lake.
like opening which the explorer named after
himself - Stanley Pool. The explorer had
traversed q clear course Of 900 miles. but now
at the lower end Of Stanley Pool. he heard the
thunder of the Ntamo Falls. A series Of steep
cataracts and wild water followed. which often
made portage requisite. After passing the
Mtombo Falls. however. Stanley came upon
ninety miles Of fairly passable water. He had
but little trouble with tho natives in the cata-
ract region. but food was very scarce. hardly
any rain having fallen during the previous wet
season. On reaching the Isangila Falls, about
two hundred miles below Stanley Pool, the ex-
plorer learned that the river was no longer ser
viceable but that six or eight days overland
there were factories ard white men, and that.
not far beyond lay the sea. Thercupon he
left his canoes at IsanRila and marched over
the hills and Quartz-strewn paths TO Bona,
which he reached on Aug. o, his hair bl anched
by the cares and troubles Of his journey. Thence
he despatched ttdiDgs 10 the NEWSPAPERS which
had commissioned him. but did not himself re-
turn TO England until he had taken his followers
back by sea TO Zanzibar Mr.. Bentley r egards
the accuracy Of tho charts and data conteined
IN Stanley's book, Through the Dark Cont
nent, " as very remark BILE In view OF the I'M
mense difficulties by which the explorer wa
confronted.