Chapter I: Front Matter

STANLEY’S

EMIN PASHA
EXPEDITION

BY

A. J. WAUTERS

CHIEF EDITOR OF THE MOUVEMENT GÉOGRAPHIQUE, BRUSSELS

With Map, Thirty-three Portraits and Illustrations

PHILADELPHIA:
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.
1890.

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE

I. CONQUEST OF THE SOUDAN 1

II. REVOLT OF THE MAHDI--GORDON PASHA--SIEGE OF KHARTOUM
AND RELIEF EXPEDITION UNDER LORD WOLSELEY 23

III. THE EQUATORIAL PROVINCES--LUPTON BEY AND EMIN BEY 45

IV. DR. JUNKER AND CASATI--THE NIAM-NIAM--THE MONBUTTU 66

V. PRISONERS IN THE SOUDAN 84

VI. RETURN OF DR. JUNKER 103

VII. THE RELIEF EXPEDITION--TIPPOO TIB 123

VIII. ON THE LOWER CONGO 146

IX. THE DISTRICT OF THE FALLS 162

X. STANLEY POOL 188

XI. ON THE UPPER CONGO 211

XII. THE CAMP AT YAMBUYA 224

XIII. FIFTEEN MONTHS OF UNCERTAINTY: IS HE KILLED, UNABLE
TO LEAVE, OR A PRISONER?--THE WHITE PASHA 231

XIV. THROUGH AN UNKNOWN COUNTRY--FROM THE CAMP AT YAMBUYA
TO LAKE ALBERT 250

XV. MEETING OF STANLEY AND EMIN BEY ON LAKE ALBERT 273

XVI. TO THE ASSISTANCE OF THE REAR-GUARD--MURDER OF
MAJOR BARTTELOT--STARVING IN THE FOREST 292

XVII. REVOLT OF THE EGYPTIAN TROOPS--EMIN PASHA AND
JEPHSON PRISONERS--MAHDIST INVASION 313

XVIII. ANOTHER MEETING OF EMIN BEY AND STANLEY--THE SOUDAN
ABANDONED 326

XIX. RETREAT OF THE FIFTEEN HUNDRED--THE MOUNTAINS OF THE
MOON AND THE SOURCES OF THE NILE 347

XX. THE RETURN TO ZANZIBAR--THALASSA!--THALASSA! 360

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

1. PORTRAIT OF HENRY M. STANLEY _Frontispiece_

2. GENERAL VIEW OF KHARTOUM _To face page_ 4

3. GENERAL GORDON „ 14

4. LUPTON BEY „ 54

5. EMIN PASHA „ 63

6. CAPTAIN CASATI „ 75

7. BARI WARRIORS „ 85

8. BARI WOMEN „ 87

9. DR. JUNKER „ 94

10. TIPPOO TIB „ 138

11. THE FORCES OF THE CONGO STATE ON DRILL AT VIVI „ 148

12. GROUP OF KABINDA SERVANTS „ 150

13. ARRIVAL OF THE EXPEDITION AT BANANA „ 153

14. VIEW OF BOMA „ 156

15. BOYS OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF VIVI „ 158

16. THE CONGO AT THE STATION OF ISANGHILA „ 163

17. THE BELGIANS ON THE CONGO--DEPARTURE OF
A CARAVAN „ 166

18. THE EXPEDITION ON ITS WAY PAST THE FALLS „ 168

19. YOUNG CHIAIKA GIRL „ 171

20. NATIVES OF THE REGION OF THE FALLS „ 173

21. NATIVE CHIEF OF THE LOWER CONGO WITH HIS
MINISTERS AND BOYS „ 177

22. GROUP OF KROOBOY SERVANTS „ 180

23. THE CONGO IN THE DISTRICT OF THE FALLS „ 184

24. CROSSING-PLACE NEAR LUTETE „ 186

25. VIEW OF LEOPOLDVILLE IN 1885 „ 191

26. THE “STANLEY” ON STANLEY POOL „ 196

27. AT LEOPOLDVILLE--CAPTURE OF A HIPPOPOTAMUS „ 206

28. THE EXPEDITION ON THE UPPER CONGO „ 214

29. NATIVE CANOE ON THE UPPER CONGO „ 219

30. AKKA BOY „ 281

31. FISHING AT STANLEY FALLS „ 299

32. CAMP IN THE FOREST „ 311

33. MADI VILLAGE ON THE NILE BELOW WADELAI „ 333