Chapter XXII

WESTWARD ALONG THE CONGO TO THE ATLANTIC.

SURVEYS LAKE TANGANYIKA -- SETTLES THE QUESTION OF THE RIVER
LUGUKA -- AN OUTBREAK OF SMALL-POX AND FEVER IN UJIJI -- CAUSES
STANLEY TO DEPART -- PUSHES HIS WAY ALONG THE RIGHT BANK OF THE
LUALALA TO THE NYANGWE -- OVERLAND THROUGH UREGGA -- BROUGHT TO A
STANDSTILL BY AN IMPENETRABLE FOREST -- CROSSES OVER TO THE LEFT
BANK -- NORTHEAST USKUSA -- DENSE JUNGLES -- OPPOSED AND HARASSED
BY HOSTILE SAVAGES -- ASSAILED NIGHT AND DAY -- THE PROGRESS OF
THE EXPEDITION ALMOST HOPELESS -- DESERTED BY FORTY OF HIS
PORTERS -- TAKES TO THE RIVER AS THE ONLY CHANCE TO ESCAPE --
PASS THE CATARACTS BY CUTTING A ROAD THROUGH THIRTEEN MILES OF
DENSE FOREST FOR THE PASSAGE OF THE _LADY ALICE_ AND THE CANOES
-- ALMOST INCESSANTLY FIGHTING THE SAVAGES -- THREATENED WITH
STARVATION -- THREE DAYS WITHOUT FOOD -- MEET WITH A FRIENDLY
TRIBE WITH WHOM THEY BARTER FOR SUPPLIES -- MANY FALLS AND
FURIOUS RAPIDS -- AGAIN ATTACKED BY A MORE WARLIKE TRIBE, ARMED
WITH FIREARMS -- ALMOST STARVED AND WORN-OUT WITH FATIGUE,
REACHES ISANGILA -- LEAVES THE RIVER -- TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS OF
HIS PEOPLE -- RELIEF FROM EMBOMMA -- REACH EMBOMMA -- KABINDA AND
LONDA -- SAIL FOR CAPE OF GOOD HOPE -- THENCE RETURN BY STEAMER
TO ZANZIBAR -- CLOSE OF THE EXPEDITION 404

CHAPTER XXIII.

THE WONDERFUL RESOURCES OF THE CONGO.

THE MESSENGERS OF KING LEOPOLD II., OF BELGIUM -- MEET STANLEY AT
MARSEILLES, FRANCE -- OBJECT OF THE INTERVIEW -- ANOTHER
EXPEDITION TO AFRICA, TO EXPLORE THE CONGO, IN THE INTERESTS OF
COMMERCE -- THE COMITÉ D’ETUDES DU HAUT CONGO -- OBJECT OF THE
EXPEDITION DEFINED -- STANLEY RETURNS TO AFRICA -- ARRIVAL AT THE
MOUTH OF THE CONGO -- COMMERCIAL POSSIBILITIES OF THE CONGO BASIN
-- RAILWAYS NECESSARY -- THE POPULATION -- STATISTICS OF TRADE --
PRODUCTS OF THE IMMENSE FORESTS -- MARVELLOUS BEAUTY OF THE
COUNTRY -- VEGETABLE PRODUCTS -- PALMS -- INDIA-RUBBER PLANTS --
THE ORCHILLA -- REDWOOD POWDER -- VEGETABLE FIBRES -- SKINS OF
ANIMALS -- IVORY -- THE CLIMATE -- IMPORTANCE OF THE EXPEDITION,
BOTH COMMERCIALLY AND POLITICALLY -- RETURN OF STANLEY TO ENGLAND 420