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Heroes of the Dark Continent
A Complete History of all the Great Explorations and
Discoveries in Africa, From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
by
J W Buel


COPYRIGHT: 1889 with no date on title page
PUBLISHER: Historical Publishing Co.
PAGES: 606 pgs. measuring 7.5" x 10.5"
CONDITION: This hardback book is a solid reading or research book.  The front gutter has a 2" tear at the bottom but has been neatly glued in the gutter (inside hinge is in good condition with no tears).  Rear gutter is in good condition with no tears while the inside rear hinge has been reinforced with white archival binding. The board edges are worn and the corners are bumped. Corners and edges have been tinted and compressed for presentation. Previous owner's gift inscription on second blank endpaper: From Earl to Papa / Christmas, 1897. Front board has minor spotting (see pics). Several pages have small tears in bottom margin, typical page-turning tears, no pieces are missing. The pages have minor age spots and there are a few old finger smudges; pages are not brittle. The chromolith frontispiece is included. The remaining text block is solid with no loose or missing pages (verified). With all this said, the book is in good, solid condition now. It does show use but no abuse.

Adventure, big game hunting, cannibalism, myths, poison, plural wifes, slavery, slave hunters, slave markets, beheadings, torture, exploration...... it's all in this African exploration book!! From the Introduction: The absorbing popular interest in African exploration, which has been growing apace for fifty years, and which finds emphasis in Stanley's return from his last and most perilous expedition, stimulates afresh a demand for a history of that great natural division of our globe. This desire springs not alone from recent events  --- these serving rather as a culmination of public concern than the creation of a new interest  --- for during the past century a hundred things have transpired to focus international consideration of the DARK CONTINENT. Following a history of ancient Africa, I have sought to present a summary of the principal expeditions and individual explorers that have entered the continent during the past two hundred years, together with results of their labors. By so doing I have been able to follow the advancing lines of conquest and reclamation, in settlements along the coast and a gradual extension towards the mid-interior. Not alone this, but the record of discovery in Africa is made complete, its rivers, lakes, mountains, plains and valleys; its tribes, their superstitions, customs and savagery; its animals, reptiles, great birds and monstrosities; its products of gold, ivory, fine woods, and singular samples of ingenious workmanship of the natives; its grains, grasses and domestic herds. While the geography of Africa is not yet thoroughly known, and there remain several extensive regions in which explorers have not entered, still, no future expedition, unless of a military nature, is likely to excite such popular interest as that from which Stanley and Emin returned in December, 1889. With the subsidence of that applause which hails a victor, more serious matters are likely to engage the European Powers in their relations to Africa, and an army will most likely compose coming expeditions, that will invade the country, not for discovery, but for conquest, and a redemption of the slave  --- cursed continent to the beneficent purposes of civilization. J. W. Buel's Heroes of the Dark Continent supplied many of the details that Edgar Rice Burroughs incorporated in his early Tarzan books. Many terms for places and things in early Tarzan novels were derived from Buel's book. In varying degrees, all of the first six Tarzan books have a Buell influence. In chapters five, six, seven of Jungle Tales, the main themes, names and plots are entirely from Buell, from witchcraft to Tibo.

Chapters:
I. Africa of the Ancients:
Her former magnificence • Cradle of civilization • Ruins of great cities on the Nile • Skeleton of greatness • Ancient kingdom of Sofala • Wonderful remains • A writing that no living person can decipher • Evidences of a vanquished race • Mysterious Prester John • From whence came Solomon's riches? • Country of Ophir located • Surprising land of gold ivory, peacocks and almug trees • History of Ophir mines • Enormous number of elephants

II. A History of Africa:
Why the country has been so long neglected • Whence is derived the name Africa • References by ancient poets • Strange beliefs respecting Africa • Astounding legends • A tribe born with a single leg, whose progress is by hopping • Feet that serve as a sun-shade • Headless men • A paradise • Expeditions of discovery • Excursions of the Phoenicians • Crucified for failing to circumnavigate the continent • First expedition to the deserts • Land of dwarfs • Portuguese conquests on coast • Finding route to India • Da Gama's discoveries • Was Africa well known to ancients? • Maps of Africa many hundred years old • Land of rivers • John Ogilby's map • All the lakes, rivers, towns and provinces well known hundreds of years ago • Source of the Nile long ago known • Ancient map compared with latest • City of Timbuctoo • Rivers of Sahara Desert • Murder of Colonel Flatters

III. Arabian Discoveries in Central Africa:
Rise of Mohammedanism • War of Dynasties • Compelled to flee to desert • Origin of the Fellahs • Golden throne • Slaughter of defenseless natives • Ancient kingdom of Bornu • Splendor of Timbuctoo • Efforts to penetrate Africa from the west • Prince Agave • Mystery of his person • Discovery of a Christian empire • Covilham in Abyssinia • Conquest of Timbuctoo • Murder of Captain Thompson • Seized by a crocodile • Stebb's ascent of the Niger • French in Africa • Establishment of first coast settlements • Mungo Park's travels • Commits suicide • Widlam • Discovery of Niger's course • Cruel scene • Drinking poison • Lander's discoveries • His death from an arrow wound • Davidson's expedition • Murdered by Arabs • Richardson's expedition • His death • Barth's explorations • Death of Overweg • Relief expeditions • Execution of Vogel • Wreck of the Medusa • Tale of horrible suffering • Cannibalism • Riot, murder and suicide • Ten saved out of 150 • Story of a raft.

IV. Early expeditions into East Africa:
Marco Polo's travels on east coast • Columbus' reliance in Polo's descriptions • Branding Christians • Wonderful land • Astounding stories about animal life in Africa • Herodotus and his fancies • Hanno's tales • Chariot of the gods • Witchcrafts of the Africans • A bird that carries off elephants • Wonderful boar • Hideous men • Cats with human faces • Apocryphal unicorn • Giants and dwarfs • Astounding stories • Gorillas • African Amazons • Kingdom where males are not permitted

V. Travelers in South and East Africa:
Travels of M. le Vaillant • Lichtenstein's discoveries • First missionary • Summary of explorations in South Africa • Advent of hunters • Wild sports • Harris, Cummings and Andersson • Andersson's discoveries • Bain's and Chapman's expedition • TRAVELS OF LIVINGSTONE • His services as a missionary • Joins Oswell and Murray • Discovery of Lake N'gami • In the Makoloko country • Discovery of Zambesi River • Converting natives and founding mission stations • Victoria Falls • Arrival at Mauritius

VI. Livingstone's Last Expedition and Death:
Arrival at Quilimane • Discovery of Nyassa Lake • Cruelty of the slave traders • Ascending the Zambesi • Elephants, hippopotamus and alligators • Fate of Mabotsa mission • Death of Mrs. Livingstone • Exploration of Lake Nyassa • Return to Quilimane • Trip to India • LIVINGSTONE'S THIRD EXPEDITION • Search for Nile's source • Horrors of slavery • Shores of Tanganyika Lake • Casembe's kingdom • Chopping off the hands of his subjects • Discovery of Lake Bangweolo • At Ujiji • Arabs murdering the natives • Long journey • Return to Ujiji • Meeting with Stanley • Travels with Stanley • Renews his explorations • Dreadful march • Death of Livingstone

VII. Discoverers in Central Regions:
Travels of James Bruce • Discoveries of ancient kingdoms • Search for Nile's source • Expedition of Werne • Burton's East Africa • Fitness for African exploration • Journey to Mecca • Off for African lakes • In contact with a wizard • Murder of M. Maizan • Large game, and more dreaded superstitions • Discovery of Tanganyika Lake • Visit to Ujiji • Skirting the lake shores • Water antelopes • Wonderful island • Tanganyika Lake known to earlier explorers • In contact with cannibals • Rusizi River • Speke's discovery of Nile's source • Burton's jealousy • Value of Burton's discoveries • His observations on slave trade

VIII. Captain Speke's Explorations:
Assisted by Royal Geographical Society • Joined by Captain Grant • Departure for Cape Town • Capture of a Spanish slaver • Journey from Zanzibar begun • Rhinoceros hunt • Savage scene • Tossed by a buffalo • Thrilling adventure • Between two fires • Meeting with an old friend • Visit to King Rumanika • Fatted wives of the king • Successful hunt • Scar of a rhinoceros' thrust • Shooting three rhinoceros • Court of M'tesa • Horrible scenes • King's harem, and how it was kept replenished • Entertained by the king • Espousal of four virgins by the king • Sacrificing a child • Shores of Victoria Lake • Trouble with natives • Hunting in Usoga • Execution of four women • Beliefs respecting whites • Exasperating actions of King Kamrasi • Floating down Kafue River • Wanyoro people • False report of a relief expedition • Meeting a party of slave hunters • Arrival at Gondokoro • Return to England • Awarded the gold medal

IX. Baker's Expedition to Nile's Source:
Preparation for journey • Accompanied by his wife • Pushing his way up the Nile • Death of John Schmidt • Adventure with a hippopotamus • Tribes living along the Nile • Central station of slave traders • Mutiny • Meeting between Baker, Speke and Grant • Second mutiny • Elephant hunt • Exciting sport • Narrow escape from wounded bull • More hunting • Charged by a wild boar • Devilish guard • Discovery of the Albert N'yanza • Return to England • Awarded Victoria medal

X. Baker's Efforts to Suppress Slave Trade:
In service to the Khedive • Appointment of expedition • Fleet of boats • Trip to Gondokoro • Man seized by a crocodile • Attacked by a hippopotamus • Shooting game and liberating slaves • Building a town • Shillook tribe • Hippopotamus kills a sheik • Capture of a slaver vessel • Fight with the Baris • Terrible adventure with a crocodile • Sailor's arm bitten off by a crocodile • Shooting elephants across the river • Off for Albert N'yanza • Provoking difficulties • Dance of naked Venuses • Effects of music on the natives • Desolating effects of war • News from Kabba Rega and M'tesa • Hunting antelopes • Visit from Kabba Rega • Uncle Rionga • Roasting people over slow fires • Ceremonies over the body of a dead king • Breaking the bones and burying victims alive • Value of female slaves • Blessed is the father who has many girls • Baker's men poisoned • Treachery of Kabba Rega • Baker attacked • Cutting his way through to Foweira • An awful march • Meeting with Rionga • Ceremony of blood brotherhood • Makkarika cannibals • March to Fatiko • Atrocities of the cannibals • Defeat of Abou Saood • Grand hunt for noble game • Prairie on fire • Flight of royal game • Exciting adventure with a lioness • End of expedition, and its results

XI. Henry M Stanley:
His search for Livingstone • Sketch of his life • Inmate of a poor-house • Fortune in America • English war with King Theodore • Murder of Consul Plowden • Storming of Magdala • Suicide of the king • Stanley's services in the East • Outfitting an Expedition at Zanzibar • Departure for Central Africa • Haunts of hippopotami • Hard march • Wading turbid streams • Jungles, slaves and African belles • Tidings of Livingstone • Walled and castellated city • Sultana of Simbamwenni • Sultana's revenge • Terrible swamp • Effects of drunkenness • Entrance into Ugogo • Application of the whip • Moment of dread • Sunshine after storm • Arrival at Unyanyembe • Whiff of ammonia by an untutored chief • Land abounding with game • Leopard attacks a donkey • Savage boar and ravenous crocodile • Arrival at Ujiji • Meeting with Livingstone • Champagne dinner • Challenged by an elephant • Parting between Livingstone and Stanley • Home again and honored by Queen of England

XII. Burial of Livingstone, and Stanley's Second Expedition:
Joint enterprise of Herald and London Telegraph • Equipment of expedition • Search for Nile's source • Circumnavigating Victoria Lake • Hippopotami and crocodiles • Enchanted cave • Look out for an attack! • Fight! • Messenger from King M'tesa • Imposing reception • Spectacle of king's troops • Savagery of M'tesa • Effects of Moslem teachings • Sham battle, in which several are killed • Bloody fight with natives • Killing five men at four shots • Attacked by hippopotami • Triumph • Seance with King Lukongeh • Wonderful superstitions • Battle • Return to M'tesa's capital • War declared • Movement of M'tesa's great army • Spectacle • Naval battle • Wizards of war • Defeat of M'tesa's navy • Stanley's dreadful war-boat • End of war • Stanley leaves M'tesa's kingdom • Return to Ujiji • Among cannibals • Dwarfs and boa-constrictors • Engagement of Tipo Tib • Direful predictions • Strange people of Uregga • Sounding the Lualaba River • Village of skulls • Horrible evidences of cannibalism • Dangers line the way • Capture of a dwarf • Parting with Tipo Tib • In the toils of a boa-constrictor • Drowning of Kalulu and Frank Pocock • Shooting cataracts • Starving expedition • Arrival at Embomma • Return to England • STANLEY'S THIRD EXPEDITION • Up the Congo • Conflict with M. De Brazza • Surmounting enormous difficulties • M. De Brazza's treaty with tribes • Establishment of Congo Free State • Results of Stanley's Congo expedition

XIII. Chinese Gordon:
Life Sketch of a remarkable man • From a family of warriors • Services in the Crimea • Visit to Far East • War in China • Great Chinese prophet • Taiping rebellion • Heavenly King • Two American adventurers • Ever-victorious army • Attack on Shanghai • Death of Ward • Defeat of Holland • Gordon in command of Imperialist forces • Siege of Taitsan • Horrible tortures • Investment of Soochow • Hellish night • Desertion of Chinese generals • Murder of deserting generals • Gordon's anger • Rewarded by Emperor • Starvation of peasantry • Forced to eat the dead • Storming of Kintang • Blowing up the gates • Fall of Chanchu-fu • Tragic end of false prophet • Murder of his hundred wives • Man of inconceivable cruelty • End of war

XIV. Gordon in the Soudan:
His welcome to England • Employed by Khedive • Suppression of slave trade urged • Insincerity of Khedive • Off for Central Africa • En route for Khartoum • Adventures along the Nile • Crocodiles and hippopotami • Among the Dinkas • Man-hunters of Fashoda • Arrest of a slaver • Opening a route to the lake regions • Fighting all along the line • Dethronement of Kabba Rega • Shooting hippopotami • Guarding against assault • Killing of Linant • Shooting a wizard • Insult from the Khedive • Commendation • Lake Victoria • Stampeded by elephants • Tossed to his death

XV. Gordon's Second Expedition:
Affairs in Bulgaria • Two calls for Gordon's services • Re-engagement by the Khedive • Ending war in Abyssinia • Battles between rival rulers • Remarkable diplomacy • Off again for Khartoum • Perils en route • Killing camel-drivers • Gordon's epigrammatic speech • Generosity • Disbanding Bashi-Bazouks • Services in Khartoum • Battle with the Leopards • Treachery of Suleiman • Terrible storm • Rapid action, but days of torment • Gordon's tag-rags • Triangular dispute • Breaking up a thieves' den • Horrors of slavery • Human misery in its extremity • Playing it smart on an ambitious young slave dealer • Called to Cairo • Gordon refuses to become a corrupt tool for the Khedive • Back again to Khartoum • Execution of Suleiman • Resignation of Gordon • Gessi rewarded

XVI. Gordon's Last Expedition:
Gordon the hero • Longs for rest • Visit to China • Services in preventing war between China and Russia • Return to England • Invited to Belgian Court • Meeting with Stanley • Tomb of his great lieutenant • Sent to subdue Boers of South Africa • Visit to the Holy Land • Gordon's researches in and about Jerusalem • Governor • General of the Soudan -False prophet • Insurrection in Soudan • Claims to Messianic power and purpose • Descriptions of the Mahdi • Spiritual leaders • Fanatic zeal of followers • Battles with dervishes • Fall of El Obeid • Charging Remingtons • Annihilation of Hicks's army • Last message • England aroused • Gordon sent to relieve Khartoum • Negotiations with the Mahdi • Horrible scenes of oppression • Gordon hailed as a saviour • Cry for help • Mahdi again in the saddle • Gordon in peril • Coolness and sagacity • Defeated at Helfiyeh • Treachery of his officers • Two of them shot • Siege of Khartoum • Desperate defence • Trying to save his people • Spirit of insubordination • Gordon's tragic death • Abandoned by his government • Sad tale

XVII. Labors of Emin Pasha:
Life of an enigmatic man • Professional career • Not mentioned in Gordon's writings • Emin joins Gordon in Soudan • Eminent services • Dangerous mission to Uganda • Success of his undertaking • Treaty with Kabba Rega • Appointed Governor General of Equatorial Provinces • Condition of his territory • His administration • Capital at Lado • Emin's soldier's and their duties • Native tribes of Soudan • Why they are so hostile • Characteristics and customs of various tribes • Agriculture and stock-raising • Farmer's pests • Hippopotami and birds • Dress of natives • Nakedness without shame • Beautiful women of Hadi tribe • Weapons • Savage beasts • Savagery of crocodile • Kingdoms of Unyoro and Uganda • Cojoor priests • Burning at the stake • Mwanga, successor of M'tesa • Kabba Rega • Situation of Emin Pasha • Effects of Mahdi rebellion • Cut off from civilization • Emin's appeal for help • Escape of Dr. Junker • Dreadful fire • Discovery of the Kubik River • Rebuilding of Wadelai • Stanley to Relief of Emin • Other relief expeditions • Wissmann's journeys and explorations • 3 times across continent • Wissmann's several expeditions and discoveries • Search of Stanley • Massacre of Dr. Peters • Return of Stanley and Emin • Accident to Emin

XVIII. Stanley's Expedition for Relief of Emin Pasha:
Great results • England aroused • Effect of Gordon's fate • Sir William McKinnon • Relief Committee • Call for Stanley • Honors to Stanley • Testimonial • Equipment of expedition • Stanley's automatic gun • Departure for Africa • Discussion between Stanley, Junker and Schweinfurth • Visit with Junker and Schweinfurth • Off for Zanzibar • Engagement of Tipo Tib • Trip around Cape Good Hope • Arrangements for transporting expedition up Congo • Why Stanley chose Congo route • Dangers of route to Uganda • Great war in Uganda • Mwanga's efforts to recover throne • Christians and Arabs in conflict • Attack on Kalema's army • Christians victorious • Execution of native leaders • Burning his brothers, sisters and children • Defeat • Mwanga's new following • Burned at the stake • Advices of Stanley's coming • Battle of Murchison Bay • Letter from King Mwanga • Other reasons for selecting Congo route • Procession up the Congo • Stanley's boats • Tipo Tib and his harem • Contract with Stanley • Appearance of Tipo's wives • Amours and flirtations

XIX. Voyage up the Congo:
Wooding up • Congo Stations • Station of Lukunga • Superstitions of natives • Ward's description of an N'Ganga N'Kissi • Witchcraft • Finding the devil • Outfit of a wizard • Drinking poison • How Ward met Stanley • Turning back to Central Africa • Interesting letter • Imposing cavalcade • Tipo Tib and his 42 wives • A wink and a gentle stroke

XX. Trip to Bolobo:
Changes since Stanley's last visit • Arab and Zanzibarian immigration • Stanley assisted by missionaries • Festivities of Tipo Tip's wives • How steamers were loaded • Scenery and grandeur of Congo • Grandest of all rivers • Country of Ba-yanzi tribe • Musical instruments • Singular manner of dressing hair • Incidents of voyage • Minstrelsy and pretty women • Tipo Tib's narrow escape from a crocodile • Bolobo Station • Cluster of 15 villages • Ba-teke musicians • Strange superstitions • Bird of ill • Omen • Ceremonies of N'Kimba tribe • A kind of Free Masonry • Circumcision • Grand cavalcade • Stanley Falls • Tipo Tib's raids • Why Stanley contracted with Tipo Tib • Tipo's treachery

XXI. Entrenched Camp at Yambuya:
Stanley divides command • Leads advance on march to relieve Emin • Sad reflections • Barttelot and the rear column • Country about Yambuya • Game of region • A hunt • In pursuit of a rhinoceros • Rhinoceros in pursuit of hunters • Adventure with a buffalo • A cow shot and a bull wounded • Dash at stricken game • Barttelot tossed on horns of a buffalo • Injuries very serious • Borne back to camp on a litter • Elephant bagged • Bonny's nerve • King of forest falls • Mad rush for elephant meat

XXII. Affairs Grow Desperate at Yambuya Camp:
Wearying longing of endless waiting • Tipo Tib's treachery • Slaughter of natives • Horrible atrocities of Arab raiders • Pickling a head • Punishment of insubordinates • Retribution on raiders • Eating their enemies • Ward dispatched to coast • Singular fatality • Cannibalism on Congo • Visit to cannibal camp • How parts of bodies are prepared and eaten • Disgusting sights • Pitiable sights in camp • Slow starvation • Threats against Barttelot's life • Fears for Stanley's safety • Efforts to hire carriers • Barttelot's attempt to search for Stanley • Mutiny in camp • Assassination of Barttelot • Abandonment of Yambuya camp • Death of Jameson • Bonny left in command • Removal of camp to Banalya

XXIII. News from Stanley and Emin:
Letter from Casati • Tells of indignities put upon him by a chief • Order for Casati's execution • Rescued by Emin • Suicide of Casati's companion • Villainy of Kabba Rega • Letter from Stanley to Tipo Tib • Latter refuses to fulfil contract • Stanley's instructions to Barttelot • Two letters were intercepted • Rehearsing privations and fatalities of march • Fighting his way • Men starving and dropping from sickness • Hewing a path through forest • Bad boatmen • Stanley's letters to Barttelot • Rehearsing perils of march • Sad story of suffering and death • Slavery to Manyuema • Anxieties

XXIV. Stanley's Description of His Journey:
Previously untrodden way • Wonderful superstitions • Alakere dwarfs • Men with tails and four eyes • Kabba Rega's fears • Stanley's story of march • First conflict with natives • Wilderness • More fighting • Death and Desertion • Death march • Ravages by Arabs and elephants • Punishment of offenders • Food at last • Viewing a land of promise • Gathering for fight • Alarum of war-drums • Work of sharpshooters • Sight of N'yanza • Night attack • Inhospitableness of natives • Retreat back to Ibwiri • Sorry review • Letter from Emin • Jephson dispatched to join Emin • Meeting with Emin • Back to Fort Bodo • Sad news • Mr. Stanley's surprise and grief • Deplorable situation • Stanley receives news of Barttelot's death • Important discoveries • Ruewenzori, snowy peak • Emin Pasha's forces • Argument with Emin • Disappointments

XXV. Stanley's Reply to his Critics:
Venom of jealousy • Mr. Mackay, missionary • Stanley's articles of faith • Relief of Emin Pasha explained • True purposes of expedition • Stanley's instructions • Stanley's cold meeting with Emin • Contract with Tipo Tib • Tipo Tib's preparations to raid Congo stations • Appointment of Barttelot • Barttelot's quick temper • Other lieutenants of Stanley's • Circumstances leading to Barttelot's death • Stanley's instructions to Barttelot • Tipo Tib's unreliability • Misrepresentations about cannabalism • Punishment of insubordinates • Blood for blood

XXVI. Adventures on the Route:
Stanley's studies of natives • Cruel devices of natives • Wounded in feet by concealed skewers • Insects make life on Congo unbearable • Mists of morning • Poisoned arrows • How poison is made • Agriculture on Congo • Exciting sport on Aruwimi • Hippopotami, monkeys and crocodiles • Mohammedans eating hippopotami flesh under dispensation • Hippopotamus adventure • Lieut. Stairs in danger • Attacked by wounded hippopotamus • Stanley to the rescue • Among crocodiles • Snake-eaters • How crocodile is hunted • Crocodile traps • Wambutti dwarfs • Fearful stories • Appearance and customs of dwarfs • Cannibalism • Affection exhibited by bereaved mother • Disposition of Dwarfs' dead • Quimbandes • Habits and appearance • Tribe with tails • Scared by a camera • Singular tribes • M'teita tribe • Customs and hospitality

XXVII. Approach to Albert Lake:
Scramble for sardine box • Weakened by hunger • "Cheer up, boys!" • Park-like country • Purpose of Maxim gun • Big hunt • Charge of mad buffalo • Look out for rhinoceros! • Dash through carriers • Scared company • Bath in lake • Return to Aruwimi camp • Deplorable condition of rear column • Small-pox and other sufferings • Relief after a long siege of starvation • Capture of Dwaris natives • Brink of starvation • Calling council • Search for missing • Letters from Jephson • Jephson and Emin prisoners of Mahdi • Victorious Mahdi • Situation serious • Release of Emin, but sad forebodings • Stanley's reply to Jephson • Fascinated by Soudan • Stanley's warnings • Arrival of Jephson • Courier from Emin

XXVIII. Discoveries which Excites the World's Applause:
Stanley's feeling towards Emin • Rehearsing perils of march • Mayuemas and slave traders • Discoveries • Ruewenzori snowy range • Salt lakes • Geographical review • Correcting mistakes of former explorers • Extent of Albert Lake • Views about Albert Lake and Mt. Ruewenzori • Mistakes of Baker • New sources of the Nile • Disappointments crowd fast on one another • Dangerous position of Jephson and Emin • Invasion of Mahdists • Indecision of Emin • Lion hunt • Scarcity of lions in West Africa • Game located • Night station in a tree • Approach of 3 lions • Moonlight scene • 2 lions wounded • 20 shots required to bag game • Struggle with death • Carrying lion's head as a trophy

XXIX. Great Hunt:
Shooting hippopotami on Albert Lake • Elephant hunt • Vast sea of grass • Flanking the herd • Stanley selects a great tusker • Retreat of wounded elephant • Pursuit • Another shot • Furious charge of elephant • Narrow escape of Stanley • Death of monarch • Vast elephant herds in Congo region • Tipo Tib's vast stores of ivory • Value of the ivory annually collected • 200,000 elephants • Other rich products • Preparing to return to Zanzibar • Vigorous measures for suppressing conspiracy • Number and kinds of people composing returning caravan

XXX. March to the Sea:
Justice to Emin • Letter from Emin • Letter from Stanley • Lofty Ruewenzori range • Delusion • Brush with Warasura • Scaling the mountain • Sea of salt • Caravan stricken with fever • Desolated by pillage • Tradition of Snow King • Fields of rich promise • Descriptions of tribes • Remarkable vicissitudes

XXXI. End of Journey:
Return route • Expert tree • climbers • Why they made their habitations in trees • Shooting an eagle by magic • A funny scene • Annual custom • Wahuma chief and his wives • Incidents of the march • Dying on the way • Accident from exploding shells • Enraged natives • Emin Pasha's daughter • A Hebrew turned Mohammedan • News of Stanley's return • Dying in hammocks • Evil reports • Meeting between Stanley and Wissmann • Mirth that a snake produced • Jephson's wild ride • Arrival at Bagamoyo • Magnificent reception accorded the explorers • Champagne banquet • Accident to Emin Pasha • Fall from a high balcony and dangerous hurt • Honors to Stanley • Banqueted, toasted and feted by distinguished people • Honored by Khedive • Visit to Cairo



Illustrations (not a complete list):
Uregga • Encounter with a Boa Constrictor • Village in Uregga • Fighting Their Way through Cannibals • Street in a Cannibal Village • Reptile King of the Jungle • Killing a Boa • Shooting the Cataracts • Stanley's Starving People • Cutting a Passage around the Cataracts • Wonderful Bridge across the Gordon Bennett River • De Brazza Concluding a Treaty with the Natives • Stanley's Interview with Gaman Kono • Malamine Receiving Orders from M. De Brazza • Gen. Charles Gordon • Soldiers of the Imperial Army • Taiping Rebels Committing Atrocities • Death of Ward • Preparing a Prisoner for Torture • Fighting His Way up the Yangtze • After the Battle • Gordon's Audience with the Taiping Rebels • Execution of the Deserting Generals • Storming of Kintang • Beheading the Prisoners • Gordon before the Emperor • Gordon's Infantry Escort • Gordon Reviewing His Troops at Khartoum • Scene along the Nile • Sportive Hippopotamus • Fort at Gondokoro • Col. Long's Reception by the King of Uganda • Soudanese's Love • Station at Duffill • Harassments along the Nile • Indignities to the Head of Linant • Kabba Rega's Fetiches • Tossed to His Death • Reception of Gordon by the Prince of Bogo • Murder of the Camel Driver • Seeking a Friendship with the Natives • Sebehr Pasha, the Slave King • Caught in a Terrific Storm • Treating with the Leopards • Murdering Slaves • Bringing Slaves to Shaka Market • Buying Slaves in Shaka Market • Track of Slaves • Return, after the Death of Suleiman • Waterspouts in Indian Ocean • Among the Boers • The Mahdi and His Fakis • A Dongowalis Woman • Village of Gebel Geon • Retreat of the Mahdists • Hicks Pasha's Tag-rags • Hicks Pasha'i Last Rally • Attack on Tokar • Victims of the Slave Traders • Dance in Honor of Gordon • Gordon Counselling with his Generals • The Battle at Halfiyeh • A Skirmish between Outposts • Khartoum during the Siege • Headquarters of the Mahdi • Murder of Gordon's Body Servant • Emin Pasha • A Uganda Village • Emin and His Escort • Emin Hailed by Unyoro Warriors • Lado, Capital of the Equatorial Provinces • Emin's Irregulars • Station at Kirri • Cattle of the Nile Region • Cave-dwellers along the Nile • Defending the Grain Fields • A Visit to the Savage King • The Demon Dance of the Ban • Savagery of the Crocodile • Stalked by a Leopard • Native Blacksmiths • Attacked by a Crocodile • Burning a Cojoor • Map of Region in which Gordon Operated • Conferring Title of Pasha on Emin • Industries Inaugurated by Emin • Fighting the Great Fire • Map of Emin's Equatorial Provinces • Awaiting the Return of Stanley • Slaves Rebuilding Wadeki • Major Charles Wissmann • Natives along Lulua River • Wissmann Attacked by the Natives • Stanley to the Rescue of Emin • H. M. Stanley, from a Photograph taken in 1887 • Sir Wm. McKinnon • Gold Casket Presented to Stanley • Stanley's Automatic Gun • En route for the Congo • King Mwanga • Village of Busagala • Kalema Burns his Brothers and Sisters, and his own Children • Mwanga's Camp on Bulinguye Island • Domestic Scene in Ukumbi • Uganda Mohammedans at Prayer • Agriculture in the Muta Nziga District • Reception of Stanley by Uganda Chief • Disposition of the Dead by Boma Villagers • Attacked by a Leopard • Lakunga Station • N'Ganga Locating the Devil • Assyrian and his Two Wives • Fallen Monarch beset by Hyenas, Jackals, Vultures, and Lions • Natives of Kasonge Weaving • Tipo Tib's Harem en voyage • Ba-Yanzi Musicians • An Excess of Sport • Tipo Tib's Adventure with a Crocodile • Sketches in and about Bololo and Stanley Falls • Man and Woman of the N'Kimba Tribe • Stanley's March from Kasonge • Travelling by Canoe on the Upper Congo • Batoka Feast of Banana Beer • Fort Yambuya • Major Ed. M. Barttelot • A Sudden Change of Base • Barttelot's Adventure with a Buffalo • African Buffalo • A Steady Hand at a Supreme Moment • Dividing the Elephant • Destroying Villages and Taking Slaves • Advancing to Raid a Native Village • An Ivory Trader • Walls of Nassibu's Camp • In Nassibu's Camp • Sketches on the Congo and Aruwimi Rivers • Members of the Rear Column • TakMap of Ancient Africa (Ogilby's, 1670) • Peculiar African Warfare • Beside Afric's Ruins • Market Scene in Sofala in 1505 • Fort at Sofala • Gold Mining Region of Sofala • Agriculture in Africa • African Elephants • Melinde • Falls of the Nile • Cataract of the Nile • On the Borders of the Atlas Mountains • Assassination of Col. Flatters • • A Fellah's Family • Arabs Hunting Unarmed Negroes • Crocodile Seizing the Negro Guide • Stibb's Ascent of the Niger • French Fort in Africa • Victims of Portuguese Slave Hunters • Lander's Tourney down the Niger • Dr. Davidson Prescribing for the Sick • Before the King of Timbuctoo • On the Shores of Lake Tchad • Wreck of the Medusa • Tigers before their Lair • King of African Beasts • Mode of Travel in Northern Africa • Along the Banks of the Cerne • Dog-Headed Monkey of Senegal • African Condor • Gorillas • Battle with African Amazons • Caffres of South Africa • Andersson's Visit to a Bechuana Village • Facing a Stampede of Buffaloes • Dr. Livingstone • Makolokos • Zambesi River • Makoloko Village • Reception by a Native King • Discovery of Lake Nyassa • Livingstone at Shupanga • Dead Bodies of Slaves in the Shire • Sultan of Zanzibar • Arabs Murdering Exhausted Slaves • Reception of Arab's Bride • Slave Gang • Arabs Massacring Manyeumas • March Through Casembe's Country • Livingstone Beset by Hostiles • Livingstone's Last March • Death of Livingstone • Styles of Hair • Bruce Among the Abyssinians • African Prophets • Burton's March into Central Africa • Murder of M. Maizan • Leopard Killing one of Burton's Soldiers • Water Antelopes • Market Scene in Ujiji • Fleeing from flames • Capt. Speke and his Bodyguard • Arab Slave Master • Speke and Grant's Soldiers • Execution of a Slaver's Crew • Rhinoceros Hunt • Toss into Air • Buffalo Turns Hunter • Nature in the Jungle • Speke before King Rumanika • Wuhuma Village • M'tesa's Cruelty to his Attendants • Grant on his Way to Uganda • Stanley Attacked by Savage Islanders • Levee in Uganda Page • Speke's Boat Crew Alarmed • Speke Circumnavigating Lake Victoria • Savage Tree-dwellers of Unyoro • Speke's Last Conference with Kamrasi • Saving the Life of a Servant • Buffalo Hunting in Mahdi Country • Buffalo Killing Baker's Arms-bearer • A Shir Village • Baker Quelling the Mutiny • Disgusting Scene over an Elephant's Carcass • Dispatching a Vicious Boar • Baker's Satanic Guard at the Feast • Horrors of the Slave Trade • Sir Samuel Baker and his Staff • Crocodile Carrying off one of Baker's Men • Shilook Women Pounding Maize • Bari Village • Crocodile tearing arm off a Sailor • Shooting Elephants across the River • Typical Savage Chief • Baker's Camp at Fatiko • Scene in Game Country • Baker's Audience with Kabba Rega • Farmers of Unyoro • Funeral Dance • e Escape from Bondage • Fight in the Grass • Rionga, King of Unyoro • Baker exchanging Blood with Rionga • Beating up Game by Firing the Grass • Boars in the Net • Adventure with Lioness • Arrival of Envoys from M'tesa • Henry M Stanley in 1876 • Murder of Consul Plowden by King Theodore • Suicide of King Theodore • Engaging Porters at Bagamoyo • Affectionate Curiosity of Rosoko Women • Belle of Kisemo • City of Simbamwenni • Stanley Crossing the Inundated Savannah • Marching into Ugogo • Curiosity of the Wagogo • Chief Teaching His Subjects Manners • Only a Whiff of Ammonia • A Glorious Hunt • A Boar! A Boar! • Stanley's First Sight of Lake Tanganyika • Stanley's Meeting with Livingstone • Stanley and Livingstone on the Shores of Tanganyika • Livingstone's Grave in Westminster Abbey • Stanley's Dogs in Village of Kagehyi • Village of Igusa • Stanley Circumnavigating Victoria Lake • Magassa Inviting Stanley to M'tesa's Court • Reception of Stanley by M'tesa • M'tesa's Capital and Palace • Along the Shores of Lake Victoria • Stanley's Camp at Kagehyi • M'tesa's Army on the March • M'tesa's War Canoes • Naval Battle between Waganda and Wavuma tribes • M'tesa's Warriors after the Battle • Mirambo, the Great African Chief • Bride of the Nile • Village of Mwana Mambo • Leopard Hunters ofing it Easy • Bungari • The Killing of Barttelot • Punishment of Petty Insubordinates • Son and Daughter of Kabba Rega • Natives of Unyoro • Stanley in the Dark Continent • Cutting a Road to the River • Map, Stanley's Route • Fight in Mazamboni's Country • Natives of Ugarrowwa • Warriors Challenging Stanley • Natives of the Town of Futa • An Alakere Village • Sharpening the Teeth • Crossing an Affluent of the Aruwuni • On the Road to Kilinga-Longa's • A Meal in the Wilderness • Whipping an Insubordinate • Natives forbidding passage • Village of Ugarrowwa • Natives of Fort Bodo • Marching into Banalya • The dancing king before his wives • Monbutto warriors • Slave gang • Natives of Bololo District • Tip Tib's slaves marching out of Stanley Falls • Dragging the murderer to execution • Dwelling of tribes below Nejambi Rapids • Elevated dwellng along the Aruwimi • Native preparing snake flesh • Novel means of killing crocodiles • Crocodile snare • Dwarf watch tower • Gathering honey • Dwarf's disposing of their dead • Head hunters • Scared by camera • Horros of slavery































































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