A Visit to Stanley's Rearguard at Major Barttelot's Camp on the Aruhwimi: With an Account of the River-life on the Congo |
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... Deane wounded on his way up - river to take command- Van Gèle sent out , but invalided to Madeira - Deane goes a second time - Contradictory nature of his orders - The runaway slave - Station attacked - Deserters reach Ban- gala ...
... Deane wounded on his way up - river to take command- Van Gèle sent out , but invalided to Madeira - Deane goes a second time - Contradictory nature of his orders - The runaway slave - Station attacked - Deserters reach Ban- gala ...
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... Deane - Deane safe at Yarukombe - Skirmish at Yaporo - Attending the wounded - Deane's story - Re- turn to Bangala - The Henry Reed - The fearful and won- derful decrees of the Comité at Brussels - Departure for Léopoldville - Coquilhat ...
... Deane - Deane safe at Yarukombe - Skirmish at Yaporo - Attending the wounded - Deane's story - Re- turn to Bangala - The Henry Reed - The fearful and won- derful decrees of the Comité at Brussels - Departure for Léopoldville - Coquilhat ...
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... Deane's death -Salim bin Mahomed arrives from Yambuya — The last of Kinsi Katini - I am taken ill - Ward comes up - river , CHAPTER XII . MY RETURN HOME . A wet journey to Equator - Kindness of Mr and Mrs Banks- News of Major ...
... Deane's death -Salim bin Mahomed arrives from Yambuya — The last of Kinsi Katini - I am taken ill - Ward comes up - river , CHAPTER XII . MY RETURN HOME . A wet journey to Equator - Kindness of Mr and Mrs Banks- News of Major ...
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... Deane , • 300 CHAPTER XIV . CONCLUSION . Inducements to slave - raids - Extinction of the elephant - Im- proved transport the only effectual means of putting an end to the slave - trade - Ivory bought by the Sanford Company and the ...
... Deane , • 300 CHAPTER XIV . CONCLUSION . Inducements to slave - raids - Extinction of the elephant - Im- proved transport the only effectual means of putting an end to the slave - trade - Ivory bought by the Sanford Company and the ...
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... DEANE , • MAP OF STANLEY FALLS DISTRICT , . Frontispiece To face page 34 11 11 80 11 84 11 11 88 11 11 106 CAPTAIN COQUILHAT , • 11 = 11 112 THE A.I.A. AT BANGALA , WEAPONS OF VARIOUS TRIBES , THE EN AVANT PASSING ONE PALM POINT , MR ...
... DEANE , • MAP OF STANLEY FALLS DISTRICT , . Frontispiece To face page 34 11 11 80 11 84 11 11 88 11 11 106 CAPTAIN COQUILHAT , • 11 = 11 112 THE A.I.A. AT BANGALA , WEAPONS OF VARIOUS TRIBES , THE EN AVANT PASSING ONE PALM POINT , MR ...
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Africa Arabs arrived Aruhwimi ashore Author Baert Bakumu Banana Bangala bank Basoko began Belgian boat Bolobo Boma brought camp canoe Captain Coquilhat cartridges cataract chief cloth coast Congo Free Crown 8vo Deane Deane's Dhanis Emin Pasha engine English Engravings Europe Europeans expedition Fcap feet fever forest heard Henry Reed hills Houssas huge huts Illustrations Isangila island ivory Jameson Kerckhoven Lake latter leaving Léopold Léopoldville loads Lomami look Lukolela Major Barttelot Manyemas Matadi miles missionaries morning natives nearly Ngala night Nshassa Oubangi passed Post 8vo Professor railway reached river round Salim Samba Scotland Second Edition sent Shagerstrom slaves soon Stanley Falls Stanley Pool Stanley's steamed steamer tion Tippoo Tip Tippu Tip told took tribes turned University of Edinburgh Upoto Upper Congo village Vivi vols Ward whale-boat women wood Yambuya Zanzibaris
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