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Title: Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M. Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc. ..
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. Chicago, Ill. (etc.) National Publishing Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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nstantly, and that, finding the Mafites-were out, he ran back to the baggage-men, and told them that theirmaster had been killed. The baggage was then abandoned, and the wholeparty sought safety by a hasty flight, which they continued till sunset,,when they took refuge for the night in a jungle. The next day theyreturned to the scene of the disaster, and found Livingstones body lying;on the ground naked but for the trousers, the rest of his clothing havingbeen stolen. A hole was hastily scratched in the ground, and theexplorer was buried. No papers or any other means of identificationwere recovered, and, broken-hearted at the loss of their beloved master,the Johanna men started for the coast, enduring great hardships by theway, but finally arriving safely in Zanzibar. To this tale all the faithless servants adhered through one cross-exami-nation after another, and it was very generally believed, until Sir Roder-ick Murchison, in a letter to the. Times, pointed out several flaws in the
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(227) 228 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. ingenious fabrication, proposing at the same time that an expeditionshould be sent to the western shores of Lake Nyassa to examine into thetruth of the report. The English Government promptly seized this sug-gestion; volunteers were called for, and hundreds of brave men eagerlyoffered their services. Mr. Edward Daniel Young was selected to takethe command, and left England on the nth of June, 1869.Youngs Search Expedition. In a trip extending over less than five months, the gallant officer com-pletely proved the falsity of Musas account, obtained trustworthy evi-dence of Livingstones continued health and activity, and in Octoberembarked for England, where the news he brought was received withunbounded enthusiasm. Meanwhile, Livingstone, ignorant alike of the report of his death andof the efforts being made on his behalf, quietly reflects in his journal thathe is not sorry to have got rid of the Johanna men, they were such invet-erate thieves. Pressing

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