How I Found Livingstone by Henry M. Stanley (trending books to read .txt) 📕

return to Unyanyembe, to the `Great Master’. You know him; you

know he is a good man, and has a kind heart. He is different from

me; he will not beat you, as I have done. But you know I have

rewarded you all—how I have made you all rich in cloth and money.

You know how, when you behaved yourselves well, I was your friend.

I gave you plenty to eat and plenty to wear. When you were sick

I looked after you. If I was so good to you, the `Great Master’

will be much more so. He has a pleasant voice, and speaks kind.

When did you ever see him lift his hand against an offender?

When you were wicked, he did not speak to you in anger—he spoke

to you in tones of sorrow. Now, will you promise me that you

will follow him—do what he tells you, obey him in all things,

and not desert him?”

“We will, we will, my master!” they all cried, fervently.

“Then there is one thing more. I want to shake hands with you

all before you go—and we part for ever;” and they all rushed

up at once, and a vigorous shake was interchanged with each man.

“Now, let every man take up his load!”

In a short time I marched them out into the street, and to the

beach; saw them all on board, and the canvas hoisted, and the

dhow speeding westward on her way to Bagamoyo.

I felt strange and lonely, somehow. My dark friends, who had

travelled over so many hundreds of miles, and shared so many

dangers with me, were gone, and I—was left behind. How many

of their friendly faces shall I see again?

On the 29th, the steamer `Africa,’ belonging to the German

Consulate, was chartered by a party of five of us, and we

departed from Zanzibar to Seychelles, with the good wishes

of almost all the European residents on the island.

We arrived at Seychelles on the 9th of June, about twelve hours

after the French mail had departed for Aden. As there is only

monthly communication between Mahe (Seychelles) and Aden, we

were compelled to remain on the island of Mahe one month.

My life in Mahe is among the most agreeable things connected with

my return from Africa. I found my companions estimable gentlemen,

and true Christians. Mr. Livingstone exhibited many amiable traits

of character, and proved himself to be a studious, thoughtful,

earnest man. When at last the French steamer came from Mauritius,

there was not one of our party who did not regret leaving the

beautiful island, and the hospitable British officers who were

stationed there. The Civil Commissioner, Mr. Hales Franklyn,

and Dr. Brooks, did their utmost to welcome the wanderer, and

I take this opportunity to acknowledge the many civilities

I personally received from them.

At Aden, the passengers from the south were transferred on board

the French mail steamer, the `Mei-kong,’ en route from China to

Marseilles. At the latter port I was received with open arms by

Dr. Hosmer and the representative of the `Daily Telegraph,’ and

was then told how men regarded the results of the Expedition;

but it was not until I arrived in England that I realised it.

Mr. Bennett, who originated and sustained the enterprise, now

crowned it by one of the most generous acts that could be

conceived. I had promised Dr. Livingstone, that twenty-four hours

after I saw his letters to Mr. Bennett published in the London

journals, I would post his letters to his family and friends in

England. In order to permit me to keep my plighted word, and in

order that there might be no delay in the delivery of his family

letters, Mr. Bennett’s agent telegraphed to New York the ‘Herald’

letters I had received from Dr. Livingstone at an expense of

nearly £2,000.

And now, dear reader, the time has come for you and I to part.

Let us hope that it is not final. A traveller finds himself

compelled to repeat the regretful parting word often. During

the career recorded in the foregoing book, I have bidden many

farewells; to the Wagogo, with their fierce effrontery; to Mionvu,

whose blackmailing once so affected me; to the Wavinza, whose noisy

clatter promised to provoke dire hostilities; to the inhospitable

Warundi; to the Arab slave-traders and half-castes; to all

fevers, remittent, and intermittent; to the sloughs and swamps

of Makata; to the brackish waters and howling wastes; to my own

dusky friends and followers, and to the hero-traveller and

Christian gentleman, David Livingstone. It is with kindliest

wishes to all who have followed my footsteps on these pages that

I repeat once more—Farewell.

CONCLUDING CHAPTER.

The following correspondence, and especially the last letter,

which was accompanied by a beautiful and valuable gold snuff-box

set with brilliants, will be treasured by me as among the

pleasantest results of my undertaking.

H. M. S.

Foreign Office, August 1.

Sir,

I am directed by Earl Granville to acknowledge the receipt of a

packet containing letters and despatches from Dr. Livingstone,

which you were good enough to deliver to her Majesty’s ambassador

at Paris for transmission to this department; and I am to convey

to you his Lordship’s thanks for taking charge of these interesting

documents.

I am, Sir,

Your most obedient humble servant,

ENFIELD.

Henry M. Stanley, Esq.,

`New York Herald Bureau,’

46, Fleet Street, London,

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London, August 2.

Henry M. Stanley, Esq., has handed to me to-day the diary of Dr.

Livingstone, my father, sealed and signed by my father, with

instructions written on the outside, signed by my father, for the

care of which, and for all his actions concerning and to my

father, our very best thanks are due. We have not the slightest

reason to doubt that this is my father’s journal, and I certify

that the letters he has brought home are my father’s letters,

and no others.

Tom S. Livingstone

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August 2, 1872.

Sir,

I was not aware until you mentioned it that there was any doubt as

to the authenticity of Dr. Livingstone’s despatches, which you

delivered to Lord Lyons on the 31st of July. But, in consequence

of what you said I have inquired into the matter, and I find that

Mr. Hammond, the Under-Secretary of the Foreign Office, and Mr.

Wylde, the head of the Consular and Slave Trade Department, have

not the slightest doubt as to the genuineness of the papers which

have been received from Lord Lyons, and which are being printed.

I cannot omit this opportunity, of expressing to you my admiration

of the qualities which have enabled you to achieve the object of

your mission, and to attain a result which has been hailed with so

much enthusiasm both in the United States and in this country.

I am, Sir,

Your obedient,

GRANVILLE.

Henry Stanley, Esq.

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Foreign Office, August 27.

SIR,

I have great satisfaction in conveying to you, by command of the

Queen, her Majesty’s high appreciation of the prudence and zeal

which you have displayed in opening a communication with Dr.

Livingstone, and relieving her Majesty from the anxiety which,

in common with her subjects, she had felt in regard to the fate

of that distinguished traveller.

The Queen desires me to express her thanks for the service you have

thus rendered, together with her Majesty’s congratulations on your

having so successfully carried on the mission which you fearlessly

undertook. Her Majesty also desires me to request your acceptance

of the memorial which accompanies this letter.

I am, Sir,

Your most obedient humble servant,

GRANVILLE

GLOSSARY.

Boma … … . enclosure.

Bubu … … . black beads.

Diwan … … elder, chief, or magistrate.

Doti … … four yards of cloth.

Dowa … … medicine.

Fundo … … ten necklaces, or ten khetes.

Ghulabio … . . a species of bead.

Hafde … . . a species of bead.

Hamal … . . carrier.

Honga … . . tribute.

Ismahili … . . a native name for a particular kind of cloth.

Kadunguru … . . a brick-coloured species of bead.

Kaif-Halek … . “How do you do?”

Kaniki … . a blue cloth manufactured in India.

Knambi … . camp.

Khete … . one necklace, or a tenth of a fundo.

Kichuma-chuma … “Little Irons,” a disease of the liver.

Kirangozi … . guide.

Kitambi … . a cloth.

Kiti … . . stool.

Lakhio … . . a pink-coloured species of bead.

Lunghio … . . blue beads.

Lunghio mbamba … small blue beads.

Lunghio rega … large blue beads.

M … . . a prefix to denote a person of any

country as M-jiji, a native of Jiji.

Manyapara … . elder, or sub-chief.

Matama … . . Holcus sorghum, or the Arabic dourra.

Mbembu … . . forest peach

Merikani … . . unbleached domestics manufactured in

America.

Mganga … . . a medicine man, or magic doctor,

Miezi-Mungu … . a Kisawahili term for “God.”

Mtemi … . a term synonymous with king

Mtoni … . . nullah.

Muhongo … . . tribute.

Mulungu … . . a native term for “God.”

Mukunguru … . intermittent fever.

Mvuha … . . thunder.

Ngombe … . . a cow.

Pagazi … . . a porter, or carrier.

Posho … . . food.

Sami-Sami … . the name of red beads

Shamba … . . a field.

Shasr … . . a muslin cloth.

Sheikh … . . a title of courtesy given to an elderly

man.

Shukka … . . two yards of cloth.

Sohari … . . a kind of coloured cloth.

Sungomazzi … . large glass or china beads of the size

of marbles.

Toujiri … . . the name for a particular kind of cloth.

U … . . a prefix to denote the country: thus

U-jiji signifies the country of Jiji.

Uganga … . . medicine.

Wa- … . . a prefix to denote persons: thus Wa-jiji

would signify people of Jiji.

Washeni … . . a term of contempt applied to the natives.

Yambo … . . “How are you?”

Ziwa … . . a pool, or lake,

Ziwari … . . a pond.

APPENDIX.

List of Camps from Bagamoyo to Ujiji and back to the Sea.

THROUGH UKWERE, UKAMI, AND UDOE TO USEGUHHA.

From Bagamoyo to— h. m.

Shamba Gonera … 1 30

Kikoka … . . 3 40

Rosako … . . 5 0

Kingaru … . 6 0

Imbiki … . . 4 30

Msuwa … . . 4 30

From Msuwa to— h. m.

Kisemo … . . 4 30

Mussoudi … . 4 20

Mikeseh … . 7 0

Muhalleh … . 6 45

Simbamwenni … 3 0

TO UGOGO.

USEGUHA,

Ungerengeri River to— h. m

Simbo … . . 2 0

Camp in plain … 4 10

Makata River … 2 30

USAGARA.

Camp west of Makata. 0 5

Camp in plain … 4 30

Camp ” ” … 2 0

Rehenneko … . 3 15

Rehenneko to— h. m.

Camp on mountain . . 3 30

Kiora … . . 3 40

Camp on river … 4 50

Madete … . . 2 30

Lake Ugombo… . 3 0

Matamombo … . 6 0

Mpwapwa