The New York herald., 1921-11-10

ooItluS 10 uHuerndHueu metuOus,
even to poisoning his beasts of bur-
den and to circulating evil reports
regarding him among his carriers,
in order to force his return to the
coast.
Most of his supplies had been stolen
by thieving natives, and he had been
left in an almost destitute condition.
Various reports derogatory to his
character in the meantime had been
circulated; one of these was of his i'll
treatment Of his men, another Of his
unfitness as an investigator and mis-
sionary and another of his marriage
with native woman and abandon
ment of civilization. The opinion
was very general at the time when
THE New YORK HERALD expedition
was organized by Mr.. BENNETT that
he had either died from fever or
had been murdered by his black
retainers.
STANLEY had few clues upon which
to work: one was the rumor among
natives that white man with a long
gray beard was living on the shores
of Lake Tanganyika. Another was
that LIVINGSTONE had started out with
the intention of exploring the region
around Nyassa, Bangweolo and Mo-
ero and Of investigating the upper
Congo and the sources of the Nile.
STANLEY believed that if he was still
living he was somewhere in this ter
ritory. STANLEY set out on his un-
certain quest from Bagamoyo with
an expedition of 1872, Inclusive of all
souls" divided into five caravans.
The fifth, with which he departed,
had twenty-eight pagazis (carriers),
twelve soldiers, two white men. one
tailor, one cook, one interpreter, one
gun bearer, seventeen asses, two
horses and one dog.
He was several times forced to
deciate from the regular and shorter
course by floods and tribal warfare.
On the morning of November 10
STANLEY had his first view of Lake
Tanganyika, "an immense broad
sheet, FURNISHED bed of silver
lucid canopy of blue above-lofty
mountains are its valances, palm for
ests form its fringes." When he
reached the village Of Ujiji the null
titude was so dense as almost to pre-
vent his march; he pushed the crowd
back and walked down living ave-
rue Of people until he came to
semicircle Of Arabs in front of which
stood the white man with the gray
beard. Says Mr.. STANLEY:
IT would have run to him. only I
was coward in the presence of such
q mob-would have embraced him,
only he being an Englishman I did
not know how he would receive me:
so I did what cowardice and false
pride suggested was the best thing
walked deliberately to him, took Off
my hat and said:
"Dr. LIVINGSTONE, I presume?'
Eyes said he with a kind smile,
lifting his cap slightly.
"T thank GoD have been per-
mitted to see YOU
''He answered: 4 feel thankful
that I am here to welcome you."
Thus briefly STANLEY described
the most memorable meeting in the
annals of exploration and told of the
realization of his own high ambition
through the successful achievement
of one of the most remarkable tasks
ever set for an explorer.
The difficulty Of transmission of
news from the interior of Africa In
those days is shown by the fact that
although this meeting took place on
November 10, 1871, the actual report
of it was not published in THE NEW
York HERALD until May 81, 1872. On
the seventh page Of the paper Of that
date under the heading LIVINGSTONE
Found" appeared this cable message
from THE New YORK HERALD's Lon
don bureau with the statement that
the resident correspondent at Zanzi.
bar had telegraphed 1t direct from
Alden.
IT have Just received the detailed
information of the rumor which for
merly reached here and which sent
on to you that STANLEY had found
LIVINGSTONE and that the two ex-
plorers were together at Ujiji."
The rumor to which the correspon-
dent referred was published in THE
New YORK HERALD May 2, but merely
as rumor. The confirmation was
brought by Seyd BEN MAUD, a
wealthy and powerful Arab chieftain
Of Ujiji, who left that town January
IL and arrived at Unayanyembe Teo-
ruary 5, to another Arab chief who
carried it on to Zanzibar. From
there it was transmitted by regular
mail steamer to the telegraph station
at Alden.
STANLEY remained with LIVING.
STONE four months, spending much
of the time in exploring the region
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