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forest are graphically described by the er-

forest are graphically described by the ex-
plorer
imagine this copse to be mere undergrowth,
nourished under the impenetrable shade of
ancient trees ranging from 100 to 1S0 feet
high; briers and thorns abundant, large creeks
meandering through the depths of the jungle,
and sometimes deep afhuent of a great river.
Imagine this forest and jungle in all stages. OF
decay and growth; old trees falling, leaning
perilously over, fallen PROSTATE; ants and in
sects of all kinds, sizes and colors murmur-
ing around; monkeys and chimpanzees above,
queer noises of birds and animals, crashes IN
the jungle as troops of elephants rush away;
dwarfs with poisoned arrows securely hidden
behind some buttress or in some dark recess;
strong, brown-bodied aborigines, with terri
bly, sharp spears, standing poised, still as
every ever ss' other day in the year.; an impure at
mosphere, gloom throughout the day, ana
darkness almost palpable throughout the
night. Then imagine journey of months
and months, and you may realize our achieve
ment."
On April 26th the expedition was back with
Mazamboni, who had now made a treaty OF
peace with it, and three days afterward, at
the old camp on the Nyanza, Emin Pasha ar
rived from Wadelai.
The meeting was cordial enough at nrst'
but it soon appeared that, like Livingstone,
Emin had no wish to be relieved out OF the
country. He had set himself certain task,
and that task he would persist in, notwith-
standing mutinies, desertions and solIcita-
tions from Khartoun and attacks from sup
porters of the Mahdf
The true position of affairs was pointed out
to him, and he returned to Wadelai to pre-.
pare for his departure, while Stanley went on
to Banalya.
AT Banalya he made some stay, and after
hearing of Major Barttelots fate and the re
port Of his own DEATH he set out once more
to meet and bring home Emin Pasha
Collecting large number of canoes, the
goods and sick men were placed in them, and
the advance was resumed.
But the wild natives on the bank gave con-
siderable trouble, and in the daily fighting. in.
ficted much loss on the best men, who had
not only to defend themselves, but to bear the
brunt Of the padding.
Three hundred miles above Banalya, the riv--
er progress became tedious and difficult, and
the canoes were cast adr1ft.
Then the expedition pushed on afoot endur-
ing the most terrible hardships. Most of the
time the men were short rations, and many
times on the verge of starvation.
| On December 20, 1888, the expedition ar
rived at Fort Bodo expecting to find Emin,
but he had stubbornly refused to come Stan
| ley was very angry, and couriers were dis
patched to Emin, pointing out how. he could
best be helped, and informing him that unless
h., made up his mind quickly, the expedition
would begin its homeward march.
And the result of the message was that
Emin and sixty-fve followers appeared in
Stanley,s camp at Kavallis on February II,
1889.
Nearly two months went by waiting for
Emin's people to bring in their luggage and
prepare to depart.
On May s. the journey again was proceed
ed with, and in few days a battle had to be
fought with the King of Umyero, who at
tempted to bar the way The result was
signal defeat for his raiders.
Then came Stanley's great discovery of the
snow-clad mountain, 10000 feet high, almost
on the equator. thus proving the existence in
fact of the supposed Legendary Mountains of
the Moon.
The march to the southward was through
picturesque region, but without adventure, nm
til the Semlih River was reached, when the
Warasuras attacked the expedition, but were
beaten off without loss
Finally, Kative, on the southern Nyanza,
was reached, and thence the course was
straight to the east coast and Zanzibar.