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id: 32877
author: Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)
title: My Dark Companions and Their Strange Stories
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  All I can say is that they might have happened, or been seen by many men, but I never could quite understand how it was that Saruti alone was so lucky as to see all the things he talked about. He had housed himself in the fork of one of the tallest trees, and many men had seen the nest as they passed by, but none as yet had seen the owner.


id: 47030
author: Corbett, Julian Stafford
title: Kophetua the Thirteenth
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  It made poor Mlle de Tricotrin almost break down to see how charming she had made her look in her own best-loved gown. In a smaller panel above one of these sacred hearths was a picture of the first King Kophetua placing with love-lorn gesture the wondering beggar-maid upon his jewelled throne.


id: 38389
author: Headley, Joel Tyler
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title:
  Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent

summary:
  At last Stanley said: Now, my dear doctor, the best friends must part, you have come far enough, let me beg of you to turn back. We venture to say that Mr. Stanley enjoyed that unobtrusive meal in that quiet Welsh valley more than he has ever enjoyed a banquet with nobles and princes; and as the shadows of life lengthen he will look back on it with more real pleasure.


id: 41003
author: Le Queux, William
title: The Eye of Istar: A Romance of the Land of No Return
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  Headed by the great Raya Zerga, held in awe throughout the Soudan from Assouan even unto Lado, we of the Jihadieh, two hours later, under the heat of the brilliant sun, rode forth from the city gate, amid the vociferous shouting of the women, the frantic beating of war drums, the ear-piercing blast of great _onbeias_ and the encouraging yells of old men and children. And as the words fell from her white, trembling lips, there was a wild noise like the rushing of great waters, and a circular portion of the wall of the chamber directly opposite appeared to fall asunder, disclosing a huge gold ring, within which, placed perpendicularly, was a large crystal prism, the length of a man's body, which, as it revolved in its setting, showed all the gorgeous hues of the spectrum with a rapidity that was bewildering.


id: 16672
author: Livingstone, David
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title:
  The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868

summary:
  In general, runaway slaves are bad characters, but these two seem good men, and we want them to fill up our complement: another volunteer we employ as goatherd. We did not get an audience from Casembe; the fault lay with Kapika--Monteiro's escort--being afraid to annoy Casembe by putting him in mind of it, but on the 15th Casembe sent for me, and told me that as the people had all fled from Chikumbi's, he would therefore send guides to take us to Kabaia, where there was still a population; he wished me to wait a few days till he had looked out good men as guides, and ground some flour for us to use in the journey.


id: 32923
author: Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)
title: My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave: A Story of Central Africa
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  Seeing Selim was urgent, and really anxious, Abdullah, being but a boy, consented, though it was against Arab custom; but he was consoled by the reflection that the principal meal was to be eaten with him; and bidding Selim stay a moment, he went back to his mother, and informed her that they should have guests for the evening meal; then returning, he sallied out with Selim and Kalulu. Said Moto, who had keenly noted these signs, and had approached the group to answer their expected queries, Ah, my brothers!


id: 59021
author: Knox, Thomas Wallace
title: The Boy Travellers in the Far East, Part Fifth Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through Africa
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  The soldiers were drawn up in line to receive him, and as he came forward, accompanied by his ministers and other great men, he was met by Baker and one of his officers. Armed with these spears, men climb into trees where the herd can be made to pass, and when all is ready other men go out to drive the animals in the desired direction.


id: 2519
author: Livingstone, David
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title:
  A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864

summary:
  He brought us a present of food and drink, because, as he, with the innate politeness of an African, said, he did not wish us to sleep hungry: he had heard of the Doctor when he passed down, and had a great desire to see and converse with him; but he was a child then, and could not speak in the presence of great men. Some of them, however, eloped with other men; the wife of Mantlanyane, for instance, ran off and left his little boy among strangers.


id: 60328
author: Knox, Thomas Wallace
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title:
  The Boy Travellers on the Congo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey with Henry M. Stanley "Through the Dark Continent"

summary:
  (_From a Photograph._)] At nine A.M. we file out of Bagamoyo in the following order: Four chiefs a few hundred yards in front; next the twelve guides, clad in red robes of Jobo, bearing the wire coils; then a long file of two hundred and seventy strong, bearing cloth, wire, beads, and sections of the _Lady Alice_; after them thirty-six women and ten boys, children of some of the chiefs and boat-bearers, following their mothers and assisting them with trifling loads of utensils, followed by the riding asses, Europeans, and gun-bearers; the long line closed by sixteen chiefs who act as rear-guard, and whose duties are to pick up stragglers, and act as supernumeraries until other men can be procured; in all, three hundred and fifty-six souls connected with the Anglo-American expedition. Announcing my intentions to the governor, I obtained a promise that he would collect other men, as he and several Arabs at Ujiji were also anxious to communicate with their friends.


id: 5157
author: Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)
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title:
  How I Found Livingstone Travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley

summary:
  The idea had struck me before, that if I could obtain the services of a few men acquainted with the ways of white men, and who could induce other good men to join the expedition I was organizing, I might consider myself fortunate. As fast as one was flogged from his stubborn position, prone to the depths fell another, giving me a Sisyphean labour, which was maddening trader pelting rain, assisted by such men as Bombay and Uledi, who could not for a whole skin's sake stomach the storm and mire.


id: 43654
author: Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)
title: In Darkest Africa, Vol. 1; or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria
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  Mr. Royle, the excellent historian of the Egyptian campaigns, says: Baker knew, or ought to have known, the composition of the troops he commanded, and to take such men into action was simply to court disaster. Equipped with only their rifles, accoutrements and sufficient ammunition, such men ought to have travelled in the week that had elapsed since our departure from Nelson's camp over a hundred miles.


